CARVER BANCORP INC - Annual Report: 2007 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
10-K
FOR
ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
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For
the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission
File Number: 1-13007
CARVER
BANCORP, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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13-3904174
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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75
West 125th
Street, New
York, New York
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10027
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (718)
230-2900
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Securities
Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share
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American
Stock Exchange
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(Title
of Class)
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(Name
of each Exchange on which registered)
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act:
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None
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Indicate by
check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule
405 of the Securities Act. ¨ Yesx
No
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨Yesx
No
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 if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not
be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K.¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
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Large Accelerated
Filer
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Accelerated
Filer
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Non-accelerated
Filer
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). o Yesx
No
As
of
June 15, 2007, there were 2,507,985 shares of common stock of the registrant
outstanding. The aggregate market value of the Registrant’s common
stock held by non-affiliates (based on the closing sales price of $15.80 per
share of the registrant’s common stock on June 15, 2007) was approximately
$39,626,000.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Portions
of registrant’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of stockholders for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 are incorporated by reference into Part III
of
this Form 10-K.
CARVER
BANCORP, INC.
2007
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Part
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E-1
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FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Annual Report on Form 10-K contains certain “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 which may
be
identified by the use of such words as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“should,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict,” “continue,” and “potential” or the
negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, estimates with
respect to our financial condition, results of operations and business that
are
subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially
from these estimates. These factors include but are not
limited to the following:
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the
Company's success in implementing its new business initiatives, including
expanding its product line, adding new branches and ATM centers and
successfully re-building its brand
image;
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increases
in competitive pressure among financial institutions or non-financial
institutions;
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legislative
or regulatory changes which may adversely affect the Company’s
business;
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technological
changes which may be more difficult or expensive than
anticipated;
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changes
in interest rates which may reduce net interest margins and net interest
income;
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changes
in deposit flows, loan demand or real estate values which may adversely
affect the business;
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changes
in accounting principles, policies or guidelines which may cause
conditions to be perceived
differently;
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litigation
or other matters before regulatory agencies, whether currently existing
or
commencing in the future, which may delay the occurrence or non-occurrence
of events longer than anticipated;
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the
ability to originate and purchase loans with attractive terms and
acceptable credit quality;
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success
in integrating Community Capital Bank into existing
operations;
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the
ability to realize cost efficiencies;
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general
economic conditions, either nationally or locally in some or
all areas in which business is conducted, or conditions in the securities
markets or the banking industry which could affect liquidity in the
capital markets, the volume of loan origination, deposit flows, real
estate values, the levels of non-interest income and the amount of
loan
losses.
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Any
or
all of our forward-looking statements in this Annual Report and in any other
public statements we make may turn out to be wrong. They can be
affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks
and uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be
guaranteed. We do not intend to update any of the forward-looking
statements after the date of this annual report or to conform these statements
to actual events. For a discussion of additional factors that could
adversely affect our future performance, see “Item 1A – Risk Factors” and “Item
7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.”
PART
I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
Carver
Federal Savings Bank (“Carver Federal” or the “Bank”), a federally chartered
savings bank and wholly owned subsidiary of Carver Bancorp, Inc., is the largest
African- and Caribbean-American operated savings bank in the nation, with
approximately $740 million in assets as of March 31,
2007. Headquartered in the heart of the Harlem community of New York
City, the Bank has ten branches, nine stand-alone ATM locations, including
six
24/7 ATM centers, and approximately 160 employees as of June 15,
2007.
Carver
Federal engages in a wide range of consumer and commercial banking
services. The Bank provides deposit products including demand,
savings and time deposits for consumers, businesses, and governmental and
quasi-governmental agencies in its local market area within New York
City. In addition to deposit products, Carver Federal offers a number
of other consumer and commercial banking products and services, including debit
cards, online banking including online bill pay, and telephone
banking. Through its affiliation with Merrill Lynch & Co., Carver
Federal offers a comprehensive range of wealth management products.
Carver
Federal offers loan products covering a variety of asset classes, including
commercial and residential mortgages, construction loans and business
loans. The Bank finances its mortgage and loan products through its
deposit operations or borrowings. Funds not used to originate
mortgages and loans are invested primarily in U.S. government agency securities
and mortgage-backed securities.
Carver
Federal’s primary market area for deposits consists of areas currently served by
its ten branches. The Bank’s branches are located in the Brooklyn,
Manhattan and Queens boroughs of New York City. The neighborhoods in
which the Bank’s branches are located have historically been low- to
moderate-income areas. However, the shortage of housing in New York
City, combined with population shifts from the suburbs into the city, have
combined to stimulate significant real estate and commercial development in
the
Bank’s market area. The Bank believes that the demographics of
its primary market area are changing as a result of the increase in real estate
development in recent years. The expected change in income
demographics supports the Bank’s strategy to provide commercial banking products
through its acquisition of Community Capital Bank (“CCB”), and wealth management
products through its affiliation with Merrill Lynch & Co.
Carver
Federal’s primary lending market includes Bronx, Kings, New York and Queens
counties in New York City, and lower Westchester County, New York.
Although
Carver Federal’s branches are primarily located in areas that were historically
underserved by other financial institutions, the Bank is facing increased
competition for deposits and mortgage lending in its market
areas. Management believes that this competition has become more
intense as a result of the improving economic conditions in the Bank’s market
area and an increased examination emphasis by federal banking regulators on
financial institutions’ fulfillment of their responsibilities under the
Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”). The Bank’s competition for loans comes
principally from mortgage banking companies, commercial banks, savings banks
and
savings and loan associations. The Bank’s most direct competition for deposits
comes from commercial banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations and
credit unions. Competition for deposits also comes from money market
mutual funds and other corporate and government securities funds as well as
from
other financial intermediaries such as brokerage firms and insurance companies.
Many of Carver Federal’s competitors have substantially greater resources and
offer a wider array of financial services and products. At times,
these larger financial institutions may offer below market interest rates on
mortgage loans and above market interest rates for deposits. These
pricing concessions combined with competitors’ larger presence in the New York
market add to the challenges Carver Federal faces in expanding its current
market share and growing its near term profitability.
Carver
Federal’s long history in its market area, its community involvement and
relationships, targeted products and services and personal service consistent
with community banking helps the Bank compete with other competitors that have
entered its market.
In
addition, Carver Federal has successfully competed with larger financial
institutions in a number of competitions for government grants and other
awards. In June 2006, Carver Federal won a $59.0 million New Market
Tax Credit (“NMTC”) award. That amount compared favorably with awards
won by substantially larger banks, including a $143 million award for Bank
of
America, $100 million for Citibank and $50 million for JPMorgan
Chase. Carver Federal believes its proven ability to deliver
mainstream financial products and services in historically underserved markets
well positions the Bank to compete for awards under this and other programs
designed to expand financial services in markets served by Carver
Federal.
The
Bank’s subsidiary, Carver Community Development Corporation (“CCDC”), was formed
to facilitate the Bank’s participation in local economic development and other
community-based activities. As part of its operations, CCDC manages
the $59.0 million NMTC award. CCDC assists the Bank’s lending
department in identifying and investing in development projects where the Bank
can leverage the NMTC to facilitate such investments.
GENERAL
Carver
Bancorp, Inc.
Carver
Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (on a stand-alone basis, the “Holding
Company” or “Registrant”), is the holding company for Carver Federal and its
subsidiaries, Carver Statutory Trust I (the “Trust”) and Alhambra Holding
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Alhambra”). The Trust was formed in
September 2003 for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred securities and
investing the proceeds in an equivalent amount of subordinated debentures of
the
Holding Company. The Holding Company formed Alhambra to hold its
investment in a commercial office building that was subsequently sold in March
2000. Alhambra is currently inactive. Collectively, the
Holding Company, the Bank and the Holding Company’s other direct and indirect
subsidiaries are referred to herein as the “Company” or “Carver.”
On
October 24, 1994, Carver Federal converted from mutual to stock form and issued
2,314,275 shares of its common stock at a price of $10 per share. On
October 17, 1996, the Bank completed its reorganization into a holding company
structure (the “Reorganization”) and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Holding Company.
On
April
5, 2006, the Company entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire
Community Capital Bank (“CCB”), a Brooklyn-based community bank, in a cash
transaction valued at $11.1 million, or $40.00 per CCB
share. On September 29, 2006, the Bank acquired CCB, with
approximately $165.4 million in assets and two branches. The Bank incurred
an
additional $879,000 in transaction costs related to the
acquisition. The acquisition of CCB and its award-winning small
business lending platform has expanded the Company’s ability to capitalize on
substantial growth in the small business market.
The
Holding Company conducts business as a unitary savings and loan holding company,
and the principal business of the Holding Company consists of the operation
of
its wholly owned subsidiary, the Bank. The Holding Company’s
executive offices are located at the home office of the Bank at 75 West 125th
Street, New York, New York 10027. The Holding Company’s telephone
number is (718) 230-2900.
Carver
Federal Savings Bank
Carver
Federal was chartered in 1948 and began operations in 1949 as Carver Federal
Savings and Loan Association, a federally chartered mutual savings and loan
association, at which time it obtained federal deposit insurance and became
a
member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (the
“FHLB-NY”). Carver Federal was founded as an African- and
Caribbean-American operated institution to provide residents of underserved
communities with the ability to invest their savings and obtain
credit. Carver Federal converted to a federal savings bank in 1986
and changed its name at that time to Carver Federal Savings
Bank. None of the Bank’s employees is a member of a collective
bargaining agreement, and the Bank considers its relations with employees to
be
satisfactory.
On
March
8, 1995, Carver Federal formed CFSB Realty Corp. as a wholly-owned subsidiary
to
hold real estate acquired through foreclosure pending eventual
disposition. At March 31, 2007, this subsidiary had $247,000 in total
assets and a minimal net operating loss. At March 31, 2007, no
foreclosed real estate was held by the Company, however as a result of a
property tax redemption, the Bank, through its subsidiary CFSB Realty
Corp., took fee ownership of a vacant tract of land in Bayshore,
NY. Carver Federal also owns CFSB Credit Corp., an
inactive subsidiary originally formed to undertake the Bank’s credit card
issuances. During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March
31, 2003 (“fiscal 2003”), Carver Federal formed Carver Asset Corporation
(“CAC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary which qualifies as a real estate investment
trust (“REIT”) pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. This subsidiary may, among other things, be utilized by
Carver Federal to raise capital in the future. As of March 31, 2007,
CAC owned mortgage loans carried at approximately $125.2 million and total
assets of $125.4 million. On August 18, 2006, Carver Federal formed
CCDC, a wholly-owned community development entity whose purpose is to make
qualified loans or other investments in low- to moderate-income
communities.
On
October 5, 2006, Carver Federal established Carver Municipal Bank (“CMB”), a
wholly-owned, New York State chartered limited purpose commercial bank, with
the
intention of expanding Carver Federal’s ability to compete for municipal and
state agency deposits and provide other fee income based services. The Bank
invested $2.0 million of capital into CMB at its formation. In the State of
New
York, municipal entities may deposit funds only with commercial banks, other
than through limited exceptions, and CMB provides Carver Federal with a platform
to enter into this new line of business.
Carver
Federal continues to evaluate acquisition opportunities as part of its strategic
objective for long term growth and may acquire directly or indirectly through
Carver Federal.
Available
Information
The
Company makes available on or through its internet website,
http://www.carverbank.com, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports
on
Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports
filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange
Act. Such reports are free of charge and are available as soon as
reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material
with, or furnishes it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”). The public may read and copy any materials the Company files
with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E. Washington
D.C. 20549 . Information may be obtained on the operation of the
Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC
maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information
statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically
with
the SEC, including the Company, at http://www.sec.gov.
In
addition, certain other basic corporate documents, including our Corporate
Governance Principles, Code of Ethics, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial
Officers and the charters of our Finance and Audit Committee, Compensation
Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and the date of our
annual meeting are posted on our website. Printed copies of these
documents are also available free of charge to any stockholder who requests
them. Stockholders seeking additional information should contact the
Corporate Secretary’s office by mail at 75 West 125th Street, New York, New York
10027 or by e-mail at corporatesecretary@carverbank.com.
Lending
Activities
General. Carver
Federal engages in a number of lending activities including the origination
or
purchase of first mortgage loans for the purpose of purchasing or refinancing
one- to four-family residential, multifamily, and commercial properties; the
origination or participation in loans for the construction or renovation of
commercial properties and residential housing developments, and permanent loan
financing subsequent to the completion of existing construction lending; and
the
origination and participation in business loans primarily for small business
entities. First mortgage loan purchases during the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2007 (“fiscal 2007”), accounted for 20.0% of loan
additions. In order to achieve Carver Federal’s loan growth
objectives, loan purchases are made to supplement originations.
Loan
Portfolio Composition. Total loans receivable increased by $89.8
million, or 18.1%, to $586.0 million at March 31, 2007 compared to $496.2
million at March 31, 2006. Carver Federal’s total loans receivable, net as a
percentage of total assets increased to 78.5% at March 31, 2007 compared to
74.7% at March 31, 2006. One- to four-family mortgage loans totaled
$100.9 million, or 17.2% of Carver Federal’s total loan receivable; multifamily
loans totaled $91.9 million, or 15.6% of total loans receivable; non-residential
real estate loans, which includes commercial and church loans, totaled $204.3
million, or 34.7% of total loans receivable; and construction loans (net of
committed but undisbursed funds), totaled $137.8 million, or 23.4% of total
loans receivable. Business loans totaled $52.5 million, or 8.9% of
total loans receivable. Consumer loans (credit card loans, personal
loans, and home improvement loans) totaled $1.1 million, or 0.2% of total loans
receivable.
Carver
Federal pays a premium when the effective yield on the loans being purchased
is
greater than the current market rate for comparable loans. These
premiums are amortized as the loan is repaid. It is possible that, in
a declining interest rate environment, the rate or speed at which loans repay
may increase which may have the effect of accelerating the amortization of
the
premium and therefore reducing the effective yield of the loan. Total
premiums Carver Federal paid on purchased loans decreased by $895,000, or 47.4%,
to $995,000 at March 31, 2007 compared to $1.9 million at March 31,
2006. The decrease was attributable to the amortization of premiums
as loans pay down.
Carver
Federal receives a discount when the effective yield on the loans being
purchased is less than the current market rate for comparable
loans. Certain fees (net of origination expenses) on originated loans
are deferred and amortized over the life of the loan. These discounts
and net deferred fees are amortized as the loan is repaid. It is
possible that, in a rising interest rate environment, the rate or speed at
which
loans repay may decrease which may have the effect of de-accelerating the
amortization of the discounts and net deferred fees and therefore reducing
the
effective yield of the loan. Total discounts and deferred fees
increased by $393,000, or 65.3%, to $995,000 at March 31, 2007 compared to
$602,000 at March 31, 2006. The decrease was primarily attributable
to the amount of fees deferred on originated loans.
Allowance
for loan losses increased $1.4 million to $5.4 million at March 31, 2007
compared to $4.0 million at March 31, 2006. The increase was primarily the
result of the CCB acquisition. In addition, the Bank recorded a
$276,000 provision for loan losses during fiscal 2007. During fiscal
2007, $73,000 in net charge-offs were recorded. See “—Asset
Quality—Asset Classification and Allowance for Losses.”
The
following table sets forth selected data relating to the composition of Carver
Federal’s loan portfolio by type of loan as of March 31 (dollars in
thousands):
2007
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2006
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2005
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2003
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Amount
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Pct.
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Amount
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Pct.
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Amount
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Pct.
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Amount
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Real
estate loans:
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One-to-four
family
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$ |
100,912
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17.2 | % | $ |
143,433
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28.9 | % | $ |
155,797
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36.7 | % | $ |
98,645
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27.8 | % | $ |
71,735
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24.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily
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91,877
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15.7 | % |
104,718
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21.1 | % |
101,899
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24.0 | % |
120,252
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33.9 | % |
131,749
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44.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-residential
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203,186
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34.7 | % |
154,044
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31.0 | % |
116,769
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27.5 | % |
102,641
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28.9 | % |
79,244
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26.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction
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137,691
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23.5 | % |
92,511
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18.7 | % |
48,579
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11.4 | % |
27,376
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7.7 | % |
11,539
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3.9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business
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51,226
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8.7 | % |
445
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0.1 | % |
513
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0.1 | % |
4,578
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1.3 | % |
385
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0.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consumer
and other (1)
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1,067
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0.2 | % |
1,008
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0.2 | % |
1,184
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0.3 | % |
1,432
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0.4 | % |
1,740
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0.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
loans receivable
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585,960
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100.0 | % |
496,159
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100.0 | % |
424,741
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100.0 | % |
354,924
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100.0 | % |
296,392
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100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Add:
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Premium
on loans
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995
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1,890
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1,743
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1,264
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867
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Less:
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Deferred
fees & loan discounts
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(995 | ) | (602 | ) | (400 | ) | (163 | ) | (363 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for loan losses
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(5,409 | ) | (4,015 | ) | (4,097 | ) | (4,125 | ) | (4,158 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
loans receivable, net
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$ |
580,551
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$ |
493,432
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$ |
421,987
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$ |
351,900
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$ |
292,738
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(1)
Includes
personal, credit card, and home improvement
One-
to Four-Family Residential Lending. Traditionally, Carver
Federal’s lending activity has been the origination and purchase of loans
secured by first mortgages on existing one- to four-family residences, although
no one- to four-family loans were purchased in fiscal 2007. Carver
Federal originates and purchases one- to four-family residential mortgage
loans
in amounts that usually range between $35,000 and
$750,000. Approximately 92% of the one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans maturing in greater than one year at March 31,
2007
were adjustable rate and approximately 8% were fixed-rate. Over
fiscal 2007, Carver Federal has shifted its efforts from primarily originating
and purchasing one- to four-family residential loans to more profitable
non-residential and construction real estate loans. In addition, as
part of a balance sheet restructuring, the Bank reclassified certain loans
held
in portfolio to held-for-sale and sold a portion of them. These reasons
primarily resulted in a $42.5 million reduction in one- to
four-family residential real estate loans to $100.9 million or 17.2% of total
loans receivable, net.
Carver
Federal’s one- to four-family residential mortgage loans are generally for terms
of 30 years, amortized on a monthly basis, with principal and interest due
each
month. Residential mortgage loans often remain outstanding for
significantly shorter periods than their contractual terms. These
loans customarily contain “due-on-sale” clauses that permit the Bank to
accelerate repayment of a loan upon transfer of ownership of the mortgaged
property. Also, borrowers may refinance or prepay one- to four-family
residential loans at their option without penalty.
The
Bank’s lending policies generally limit the maximum loan-to-value (“LTV”) ratio
on one- to four-family residential mortgage loans secured by owner-occupied
properties to 95% of the lesser of the appraised value or purchase price, with
private mortgage insurance required on loans with LTV ratios in excess of
80%. Under certain special loan programs, Carver Federal may
originate and sell loans secured by single-family homes purchased by first
time
home buyers where the LTV ratio may be up to 97%.
Carver
Federal’s fixed-rate, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans are
underwritten in accordance with applicable secondary market underwriting
guidelines and requirements for sale. From time to time the Bank has
sold such loans to Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), the State of
New York Mortgage Agency (“SONYMA”) and other third parties. Loans
are generally sold with limited recourse on a servicing retained basis except
to
SONYMA where the sale is made with servicing released. Carver Federal
uses several servicing firms to sub-service mortgage loans, whether held in
portfolio or sold with the servicing retained. At March 31, 2007, the
Bank, through its sub-servicers, serviced $30.0 million in loans for FNMA and
$8.8 million for other third parties.
From
time
to time Carver Federal purchases one- to four-family loans, which have included
interest-only loans. In an effort to maximize asset quality and
consistent with cautionary advice offered to the thrift industry by the Office
of Thrift Supervision, during the fiscal year, Carver Federal transferred a
portion of the Bank's interest-only loans to
held-for-sale. Carver Federal no longer purchases or originates
such loans for portfolio.
Carver
Federal offers one-year, three-year, five/one-year and five/three-year
adjustable-rate one- to four-family residential mortgage loans. These
loans are generally retained in Carver Federal’s portfolio although they may be
sold in the secondary market. They are indexed to the weekly average rate on
one-year, three-year and five-year U.S. Treasury securities, respectively,
adjusted to a constant maturity (usually one year), plus a
margin. The rates at which interest accrues on these loans are
adjustable every one, three or five years, generally with limitations on
adjustments of two percentage points per adjustment period and six percentage
points over the life of a one-year adjustable-rate mortgage and four percentage
points over the life of three-year and five-year adjustable-rate
mortgages.
The
retention of adjustable-rate loans in Carver Federal’s portfolio helps reduce
Carver Federal’s exposure to increases in prevailing market interest
rates. However, there are unquantifiable credit risks resulting from
potential increases in costs to borrowers in the event of upward repricing
of
adjustable-rate loans. It is possible that during periods of rising
interest rates, the risk of default on adjustable-rate loans may increase due
to
increases in interest costs to borrowers. Although adjustable-rate
loans allow the Bank to increase the sensitivity of its interest-earning assets
to changes in interest rates, the extent of this interest rate sensitivity
is
limited by periodic and lifetime interest rate adjustment
limitations. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that yields on
the Bank’s adjustable-rate loans will fully adjust to compensate for increases
in the Bank’s cost of funds. Adjustable-rate loans increase the
Bank’s exposure to decreases in prevailing market interest rates, although
decreases in the Bank’s cost of funds would tend to offset this
effect.
Multifamily
Real Estate Lending. Traditionally, Carver Federal originates
and purchases multifamily loans, although no multifamily loans were purchased
in
fiscal 2007. Rates offered on this product are considered to be
competitive with flexible terms that make this product attractive to borrowers.
Multifamily property lending entails additional risks compared to one- to
four-family residential lending. For example, such loans are
dependent on the successful operation of such buildings and can be significantly
impacted by supply and demand conditions in the market for multifamily
residential units. The multifamily portfolio decreased during fiscal
2007. At March 31, 2007, multifamily loans totaled $91.9 million, or
15.7% of Carver Federal’s total loans receivable, net.
Carver
Federal’s multifamily product guidelines generally require that the maximum LTV
not exceed 80% based on the appraised value of the mortgaged
property. The Bank generally requires a Debt Service Coverage Ratio
(“DSCR”) of at least 1.15 on multifamily loans, which requires the properties to
generate cash flow after expenses and allowances in excess of the principal
and
interest payment. Carver Federal originates and purchases multifamily
mortgage loans, which are predominantly adjustable rate loans that generally
amortize on the basis of a 15-, 20-, 25- or 30-year period and require a balloon
payment after the first five years, or the borrower may have an option to extend
the loan for two additional five-year periods. The Bank, on a
case-by-case basis, originates ten-year fixed-rate loans.
To
help
ensure continued collateral protection and asset quality for the term of
multifamily real estate loans, Carver Federal employs a loan risk-rating
system. Under the risk-rating system, all commercial real estate
loans are risk-rated internally at the time of origination. In
addition, to evaluate changes in the credit profile of the borrower
and the underlying collateral, an independent consulting
firm reviews
and prepares a written report for a sample of multifamily real estate
loan relationships of $250,000 to $2.0 million, and at least semiannually
prepares a written report for all relationships exceeding $2.0
million. Summary reports are then reviewed by the Internal Asset
Review Committee for changes in the credit profile of individual borrowers
and
the portfolio as a whole.
Non-residential
Real Estate Lending. Carver Federal’s non-residential real
estate lending activity consists predominantly of originating loans for the
purpose of purchasing or refinancing office, mixed-use (properties used for
both
commercial and residential purposes but predominantly commercial), retail
and
church buildings in its market area. Carver Federal acquired $40.0
million in non-residential loans, excluding purchase accounting discount,
with
the acquisition of CCB. CCB’s underwriting standards were comparable
to Carver Federal’s. Non-residential real estate lending entails
additional risks compared with one- to four-family residential and multifamily
lending. For example, such loans typically involve large loan
balances to single borrowers or groups of related borrowers, and the payment
experience on such loans typically is dependent on the successful operation
of
the commercial property. Carver Federal’s maximum LTV on
non-residential real estate mortgage loans is generally 75% based on the
appraised value of the mortgaged property. The Bank generally requires a
DSCR of
at least 1.20 on non-residential real estate loans. The Bank requires
the assignment of rents of all tenants’ leases in the mortgaged property, which
serves as additional security for the mortgage loan. At March 31,
2007, non-residential real estate mortgage loans totaled $203.2 million,
or
34.7% of the total loans receivable, net. This balance also reflects
a year-over-year increase of $49.1 million which is in line with the Bank’s
objective of investing in higher yielding loans.
All
non-residential real estate loans are risk-rated internally at
the
time of origination. At least semi-annually, an independent
consulting firm risk-rates and prepares written summary reports for all
relationships exceeding $2.0 million and a statistical sampling of loans $250,000
to $2.0 million.
Historically,
Carver Federal has been a New York City metropolitan area leader in the
origination of loans to churches. At March 31, 2007, loans to
churches totaled $12.4 million, or 2.0% of the Bank’s gross loan
portfolio. These loans generally have five-, seven- or ten-year terms
with 15-, 20- or 25-year amortization periods and a balloon payment due at
the
end of the term and generally have no greater than a 70% LTV
ratio. The Bank provides construction financing for churches and
generally provides permanent financing upon completion of
construction. There are currently 23 church loans in the
Bank’s loan portfolio.
Loans
secured by real estate owned by faith-based organizations generally are larger
and involve greater risks than one- to four-family residential mortgage
loans. Because payments on loans secured by such properties are often
dependent on voluntary contributions by members of the church’s congregation,
repayment of such loans may be subject to a greater extent to adverse conditions
in the economy. The Bank seeks to minimize these risks in a variety
of ways, including reviewing the organization’s financial condition, limiting
the size of such loans and establishing the quality of the collateral securing
such loans. The Bank determines the appropriate amount and type of
security for such loans based in part upon the governance structure of the
particular organization, the length of time the church has been established
in
the community and a cash flow analysis of the church to determine its ability
to
service the proposed loan. Carver Federal will obtain a first
mortgage on the underlying real property and often requires personal guarantees
of key members of the congregation and/or key person life insurance on the
pastor of the congregation. The Bank may also require the church to
obtain key person life insurance on specific members of the church’s
leadership. Asset quality in the church loan category has been strong
throughout Carver Federal’s history. Management believes that Carver
Federal remains a leading lender to churches in its market area.
Construction
Lending. The Bank originates or participates in construction
loans for new construction and renovation of churches, multifamily buildings,
residential developments, community service facilities and affordable housing
programs. Carver Federal acquired $6.1 million in construction loans
with the acquisition of CCB. CCB’s underwriting standards were
comparable to Carver Federal. Carver Federal also offers construction
loans to qualified individuals and developers for new construction and
renovation of one- to four-family, multifamily or mixed use and commercial
real
estate in the Bank’s market area. The Bank’s construction loans
generally have adjustable interest rates and are underwritten in accordance
with
the same standards as the Bank’s mortgage loans on existing properties.
The loans provide for disbursement in stages as construction is
completed. Participation in construction loans may be at various
stages of funding. Construction terms are usually from 12 to 24
months. The construction loan interest is capitalized as part of the
overall project cost and is funded monthly from the loan
proceeds. Borrowers must satisfy all credit requirements that apply
to the Bank’s permanent mortgage loan financing for the mortgaged
property. Carver Federal has established additional criteria for
construction loans to include an engineer’s plan and cost review on all
construction budgets with appropriate interest reserves for loans in excess
of
$250,000.
Construction
financing generally is considered to involve a higher degree of risk of loss
than long term financing on improved and occupied real estate. Risk
of loss on a construction loan is dependent largely upon the accuracy of the
initial estimate of the mortgaged property’s value at completion of construction
or development and the estimated cost (including interest) of
construction. During the construction phase, a number of factors
could result in project delays and cost overruns. If the estimate of
construction costs proves to be inaccurate, the Bank may be required to advance
funds beyond the amount originally committed to permit completion of the
development. If the estimate of value proves to be inaccurate, the
Bank may be confronted, at or prior to the maturity of the loan, with a project
having a value that is insufficient to assure full repayment of such
loan. The ability of a developer to sell developed lots or completed
dwelling units will depend on, among other things, demand, pricing, availability
of comparable properties and economic conditions. The Bank has sought
to minimize this risk by limiting construction lending to qualified borrowers
in
the Bank’s market areas, limiting the aggregate amount of outstanding
construction loans and imposing a stricter LTV ratio requirement than that
required for one- to four-family mortgage loans.
At
March
31, 2007, the Bank had $137.7 million (net of $30.9 million of committed
but
undisbursed funds) in construction loans outstanding, comprising 23.5% of
the
Bank’s total loans receivable, net. The balance at March 31, 2007
reflects a $45.2 million, or 48.8%, increase over fiscal year ended March
31,
2006 (“fiscal 2006”), consistent with management’s objective to add higher
yielding loans to portfolio. Purchased construction loans represent
84.5% of total construction loans in portfolio. The Bank’s
primary source of construction loan purchases is Community Preservation
Corporation, a private not-for-profit corporation sponsored by more than
90
commercial banks, savings institutions and insurance companies that provides
mortgage, construction and other lending for the housing needs with the goal
to
revitalize low- and mixed-income communities.
Business
Loans. Carver Federal acquired a small business lending
portfolio, consisting of approximately 300 loans
totaling approximately $53.6 million, excluding the discount to fair
market value at acquisition, increasing the portfolio to $51.2 million or
8.7%
of total loans receivable, net. Carver Federal provides revolving
credit and term loan facilities to small businesses with annual sales of
approximately $1 million to $25 million in manufacturing, services and wholesale
segments. During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March
31, 2005, Carver Federal’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved the Bank to
provide back-up liquidity for highly rated U.S. corporate commercial paper
borrowers with a minimum short term debt rating of A-1/P-1 (“CP Back-up”)
where a minority bank is the administrative agent and is syndicated entirely
to
a minority bank group. As of March 31, 2007, the Bank had entered
into two minority bank CP Back-up facilities, one for $6.3 million with a
AAA
rated U.S. corporate borrower and one for $6.4 million with an A+ rated U.S.
corporate borrower. The facilities are not expected to be drawn as
they provide alternate liquidity to the borrowers and the Bank is paid a
commitment fee for this product.
Consumer
Loans. At March 31, 2007, the Bank had $1.1 million in consumer loans, or
0.2% of the Bank’s gross loan portfolio. At March 31, 2007, $890,000,
or 83.4% of the Bank’s consumer loans, were unsecured loans, consisting of all
consumer loans other than loans secured by savings deposits, and $177,000,
or
16.6%, were secured by savings deposits. At the end of the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2006 (“fiscal 2006”) the Bank froze all undrawn available credit
lines on its credit card product in an effort to terminate this product and
collect repayments on outstanding balances and related finance
charges. Effective March 31, 2006, all unsecured credit card accounts
were converted to fixed rate installment loans with an amortization period
not
to exceed 48 months.
Consumer
loans generally involve more risk than first mortgage
loans. Collection of a delinquent loan is dependent on the borrower’s
continuing financial stability, and thus is more likely to be adversely affected
by job loss, divorce, illness or personal bankruptcy. Further, the
application of various federal and state laws, including federal and state
bankruptcy and insolvency laws, may limit the amount which can be
recovered. These loans may also give rise to claims and defenses by a
borrower against Carver Federal, and a borrower may be able to assert claims
and
defenses against Carver Federal which it has against the seller of the
underlying collateral. In underwriting unsecured consumer loans other
than secured credit cards, Carver Federal considers the borrower’s credit
history, an analysis of the borrower’s income, expenses and ability to repay the
loan and the value of the collateral. The underwriting for secured
credit cards only takes into consideration the value of the underlying
collateral. See “—Asset Quality—Non-performing Assets.”
Loan
Processing. Carver Federal’s loan originations are derived from
a number of sources, including referrals by realtors, builders, depositors,
borrowers and mortgage brokers, as well as walk-in customers. Loans
are originated by the Bank’s personnel who receive a base salary, commissions
and other incentive compensation. Loan application forms are
available at each of the Bank’s offices. All real estate, business
and unsecured loan applications are forwarded to the Bank’s Lending Department
for underwriting pursuant to standards established in Carver Federal’s loan
policy.
The
underwriting and loan processing for residential loans is initiated internally
but undergoes subsequent review by an outsourced third party provider for loans
with LTV ratios greater than 80% that require private mortgage
insurance. A commercial real estate loan application is completed for
all multifamily and non-residential properties which the Bank
finances. Prior to loan approval, the property is inspected by a loan
officer. As part of the loan approval process, consideration is given to
an independent appraisal, location, accessibility, stability of the
neighborhood, environmental assessment, personal credit history of the
applicant(s) and the financial capacity of the
applicant(s). Business loan applications are completed for all
business loans. Most business loans are secured by real estate,
guaranteed by the SBA or UCC filings. The loan approval process
considers the credit history of the applicant, collateral, cash flows and
purpose and stability of the business.
Upon
receipt of a completed loan application from a prospective borrower, a credit
report and other verifications are ordered to confirm specific information
relating to the loan applicant’s income and credit standing. It is
the Bank’s policy to obtain an appraisal of the real estate intended to secure a
proposed mortgage loan from an independent appraiser approved by the
Bank.
It
is
Carver Federal’s policy to record a lien on the real estate securing the loan
and to obtain a title insurance policy that insures that the property is free
of
prior encumbrances. Borrowers must also obtain hazard
insurance policies prior to closing and, when the property is in a flood plain
as designated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, paid flood
insurance policies must be obtained. Most borrowers are also required
to advance funds on a monthly basis, together with each payment of principal
and
interest, to a mortgage escrow account from which the Bank makes disbursements
for items such as real estate taxes and hazard insurance. Written
conformation of the guarantee for SBA loans and evidence of the UCC filing
is
also required.
Loan
Approval. Except for real estate and business loans
in excess of $6.0 million and $3.0 million, respectively, mortgage and business
loan approval authority has been delegated by the Bank’s Board to the Board’s
Asset Liability and Interest Rate Risk Committee. The Asset Liability and
Interest Rate Risk Committee has delegated to the Bank’s Management Loan
Committee, which consists of certain members of executive management, loan
approval authority for loans up to and including $3.0 million for real estate
loans, $2.0 million for business loans secured by real estate and $1.0 million
for all other business loans. All one- to four-family mortgage loans
that conform to FNMA standards and limits may be approved by the Residential
Mortgage Loan Underwriter. Any loan that represents an exception to
the Bank’s lending policies must be ratified by the next higher approval
authority. Real estate and business loans above $6.0 million and $3.0
million, respectively, must be approved
by the full Board. Purchased loans are subject to the same approval
process as originated loans.
Loans-to-One-Borrower. Under
the loans-to-one-borrower limits of the OTS, with certain limited exceptions,
loans and extensions of credit to a single or related group of borrowers
outstanding at one time generally may not exceed 15% of the unimpaired capital
and surplus of a savings bank. See “—Regulation and Supervision—Federal Banking
Regulation—Loans-to-One-Borrower Limitations.” At March 31, 2007, the maximum
loans-to-one-borrower under this test would be $9.5 million and the Bank had
no
relationships that exceeded this limit.
Loan
Sales. Originations of one- to four-family real estate loans are
generally made on properties located within the New York City metropolitan
area,
although Carver Federal occasionally funds loans secured by property in other
areas. All such loans, however, satisfy the Bank’s underwriting
criteria regardless of location. The Bank continues to offer one- to
four-family fixed-rate mortgage loans in response to consumer demand but
requires that such loans satisfy applicable secondary market guidelines of
either FNMA, SONYMA or other third-party purchaser to provide opportunity for
subsequent sale in the secondary market as desired to manage interest rate
risk
exposure.
Loan
Originations and Purchases. Loan originations, including
originated for sale, were $130.0 million in fiscal 2007 compared to $111.3
million in fiscal 2006 and $85.8 million in the fiscal year ended March 31,
2005
(“fiscal 2005”). The increase in loan originations in fiscal 2007 can
be attributed to strong market conditions and the Bank’s commitment to
increasing its market share. The Bank acquired CCB in fiscal 2007
with gross loans of $102.6 million. The market continues to be challenging
as new lenders enter the already fiercely competitive marketplace.
During
fiscal 2007, Carver Federal purchased a total of $58.2 million of mortgage
loans, consisting of performing, construction and non-residential mortgage
loans
and business loans to supplement its origination efforts. This
represented 31.9% of Carver Federal’s purchases and originations of its loan
portfolio during fiscal 2007. The Bank purchases loans in order to
increase interest income and to manage its liquidity position. The
Bank continues to shift its loan production emphasis to take advantage of the
higher yields and better interest rate risk characteristics available on
business loans, multifamily and non-residential real estate mortgage loans,
including those in construction, as well as to increase its participation in
multifamily and non-residential real estate mortgage loans with other New York
metropolitan area lenders. Loans purchased in fiscal 2007 decreased
$37.9 million, or 39.5%, from loan purchases of $96.1 million during fiscal
2006
due to the Bank’s focus on originating and purchasing higher yielding
loans.
The
following table sets forth certain information with respect to Carver Federal’s
loan originations, purchases and sales for the years ended March 31 (dollars
in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Loans
Originated:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
One-
to four-family
|
$ |
32,381
|
20.57 | % | $ |
15,132
|
8.18 | % | $ |
15,437
|
8.46 | % | ||||||||||||
Multifamily
|
8,657
|
5.50
|
% |
18,063
|
9.77
|
% |
15,969
|
8.75
|
% | |||||||||||||||
Non-residential
|
31,108
|
19.76
|
% |
33,582
|
18.16
|
% |
30,823
|
16.89
|
% | |||||||||||||||
Construction
|
56,834
|
36.11
|
% |
44,040
|
23.81
|
% |
23,351
|
12.79
|
% | |||||||||||||||
Business
|
730
|
0.46
|
% |
-
|
-
|
% |
-
|
-
|
% | |||||||||||||||
Consumer
and others (1)
|
282
|
0.18
|
% |
532
|
0.29
|
% |
221
|
0.13
|
% | |||||||||||||||
Total
loans originated
|
129,992
|
82.58
|
% |
111,349
|
60.21
|
% |
85,801
|
47.02
|
% | |||||||||||||||
Loans
purchased (2)
|
58,191
|
36.97
|
% |
96,140
|
51.98
|
% |
104,734
|
57.39
|
% | |||||||||||||||
Loans
sold (3)
|
(30,778 | ) | (19.55 | )% | (22,543 | ) | (12.19 | )% | (8,043 | ) | (4.41 | )% | ||||||||||||
Net
additions to loan portfolio
|
$ |
157,405
|
100.00 | % | $ |
184,946
|
100.00 | % | $ |
182,492
|
100.00 | % |
(1)
Comprised of business lines of credit, personal, auto, credit card and home
equity loans.
(2)
Comprised of primarily construction and non-residential mortgage loans and
business loans.
(3)
Comprised of primarily one- to four-family mortgage loans.
Loans
purchased by the Bank entail
certain risks not necessarily associated with loans the Bank
originates. The Bank’s purchased loans are generally acquired without
recourse,
with
certain exceptions related to the seller’s compliance with representations and
warranties, and in accordance with the Bank’s underwriting criteria for
originations. In addition, purchased loans have a variety of terms,
including maturities, interest rate caps and indices for adjustment of interest
rates, that may differ from those offered at the time by the Bank in connection
with the loans the Bank originates. The Bank initially seeks to
purchase loans in its market area, however, the Bank will purchase loans secured
by property secured outside its market area to meet its financial
objectives. The market areas in which the properties that secure the
purchased loans are located may differ from Carver Federal’s market area and may
be subject to economic and real estate market conditions that may significantly
differ from those experienced in Carver Federal’s market area. There
can be no assurance that economic conditions in these out-of-state areas will
not deteriorate in the future, resulting in increased loan delinquencies and
loan losses among the loans secured by property in these areas. During
fiscal 2007, the properties securing purchased loans were concentrated primarily
in New York.
In
an
effort to reduce these risks, the Bank has sought to ensure that purchased
loans
satisfy the Bank’s underwriting standards and do not otherwise have a higher
risk of collection or loss than loans originated by the Bank. A
review of each purchased loan is
conducted, and the Bank also requires appropriate documentation and
further seeks to reduce its risk by requiring, in each buy/sell agreement,
a
series of warranties and representations as to the underwriting standards and
the enforceability of the related legal documents. These warranties
and representations remain in effect for the life of the loan. Any
misrepresentation must be cured within 90 days of discovery or trigger certain
repurchase provisions in the buy/sell agreement.
Interest
Rates and Loan Fees. Carver Federal determines the interest rates that it
charges on loans primarily by comparison of competitive loan rates offered
in
its market area and by examining the minimum yield requirements for loans
purchased by secondary market sources. Loan rates reflect factors
such as prevailing market interest rate levels, the supply of money available
to
the banking industry and the demand for such loans. These factors are
in turn affected by general economic conditions, the monetary policies of the
federal government, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (the “FRB”), the general supply of money in the economy, tax policies and
governmental budget matters.
Carver
Federal charges fees in connection with loan commitments and originations,
rate
lock-ins, loan modifications, late payments, changes of property ownership
and
for miscellaneous services related to its loans. Loan origination
fees are calculated as a percentage of the loan principal. The Bank
typically receives fees of between zero and one point (one point being
equivalent to 1% of the principal amount of the loan) in connection with the
origination of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans. The
loan origination fee, net of certain direct loan origination expenses, is
deferred and accreted into income over the estimated life of the loan using
the
interest method. If a loan is prepaid or sold all remaining deferred
fees with respect to such loan are taken into income at such time.
In
addition to the foregoing fees, Carver Federal receives fees for servicing
mortgage loans for others, which in turn generally are sub-serviced for Carver
Federal by a third party servicer. Servicing activities include the
collection and processing of mortgage payments, accounting for loan repayment
funds and paying real estate taxes, hazard insurance and other loan-related
expenses out of escrowed funds. Income from these activities varies
from period to period with the volume and type of loans originated, sold and
purchased, which in turn is dependent on prevailing market interest rates and
their affect on the demand for loans in the Bank’s market area. Carver Federal
also receives fees for servicing SBA loans. Servicing activities
include collection and processing of payments, accounting for loan repayment
funds and SBA servicing and reporting requirements.
Loan
Maturity Schedule. The following table sets forth information at
March 31, 2007 regarding the amount of loans maturing in Carver Federal’s
portfolio, including scheduled repayments of principal, based on contractual
terms to maturity. Demand loans, loans having no schedule of
repayments and no stated maturity, and overdrafts are reported as due in one
year or less. The table below does not include any estimate of
prepayments, which significantly shorten the average life of all mortgage loans
and may cause Carver Federal’s actual repayment experience to differ
significantly from that shown below (in thousands):
Loan
Maturities
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<1
Yr.
|
1-2
Yrs
|
2-3
Yrs.
|
3-5
Yrs.
|
5-10
Yrs.
|
10-20
Yrs.
|
20+
Yrs.
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Real
Estate Loans:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One
to four-family
|
$ |
3,580
|
$ |
1,039
|
$ |
2,690
|
$ |
2,801
|
$ |
192
|
$ |
1,605
|
$ |
89,005
|
$ |
100,912
|
||||||||||||||||
Multifamily
|
4,804
|
15,911
|
5,315
|
31,280
|
6,514
|
9,004
|
19,049
|
$ |
91,877
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-residential
|
7,610
|
26,645
|
48,079
|
70,622
|
29,937
|
14,897
|
6,489
|
$ |
204,279
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction
|
102,775
|
27,875
|
6,188
|
-
|
945
|
-
|
-
|
$ |
137,783
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Business
|
14,304
|
1,228
|
10,538
|
2,547
|
9,834
|
8,660
|
5,377
|
$ |
52,488
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Consumer
|
312
|
10
|
51
|
138
|
442
|
114
|
-
|
$ |
1,067
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ |
133,385
|
$ |
72,708
|
$ |
72,861
|
$ |
107,388
|
$ |
47,864
|
$ |
34,280
|
$ |
119,920
|
$ |
588,406
|
The
following table sets forth as of March 31, 2007 amounts in each loan category
that are contractually due after March 31, 2008 and whether such loans have
fixed or adjustable interest rates. Scheduled contractual principal
repayments of loans do not necessarily reflect the actual lives of such
assets. The average life of long term loans is substantially less
than their contractual terms due to prepayments. In addition,
due-on-sale clauses in mortgage loans generally give Carver Federal the right
to
declare a conventional loan due and payable in the event, among other things,
that a borrower sells the real property subject to the mortgage and the loan
is
not repaid. The average life of mortgage loans tends to increase when
current mortgage loan market rates are substantially higher than rates on
existing mortgage loans and tends to decrease when current mortgage loan market
rates are substantially lower than rates on existing mortgage loans (in
thousands):
Due
After March 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Fixed
|
Adjustable
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Real
Estate Loans:
|
||||||||||||
One-
to four-family
|
$ |
7,420
|
$ |
89,912
|
$ |
97,332
|
||||||
Multifamily
|
26,127
|
60,946
|
87,073
|
|||||||||
Non-residential
|
48,376
|
148,293
|
196,669
|
|||||||||
Construction
|
-
|
35,008
|
35,008
|
|||||||||
Business
|
9,725
|
28,459
|
38,184
|
|||||||||
Consumer
|
755
|
-
|
755
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$ |
92,403
|
$ |
362,618
|
$ |
455,021
|
Asset
Quality
General.
One of the Bank’s key operating objectives continues to be to maintain a
high level of asset quality. Through a variety of strategies, including, but
not
limited to, monitoring loan delinquencies and borrower workout arrangements,
the
Bank has been proactive in addressing problem and non-performing assets which,
in turn, has helped to build the strength of the Bank’s financial
condition. Such strategies, as well as the Bank’s concentration on
one- to four-family, commercial mortgage lending (which includes multifamily
and
non-residential real estate loans), construction lending and business loans
(mostly secured by real estate and the SBA), the maintenance of sound credit
standards for new loan originations and a strong real estate market, have
resulted in the Bank maintaining a low level of non-performing
assets.
The
underlying credit quality of the Bank’s loan portfolio is dependent primarily on
each borrower’s ability to continue to make required loan payments and, in the
event a borrower is unable to continue to do so, the adequacy of the value
of
the collateral securing the loan. A borrower’s ability to pay typically is
dependent primarily on employment and other sources of income, which, in turn,
is impacted by general economic conditions, although other factors, such as
unanticipated expenditures or changes in the financial markets, may also impact
the borrower’s ability to pay. Collateral values, particularly real estate
values, are also impacted by a variety of factors, including general economic
conditions, demographics, maintenance and collection or foreclosure
delays.
Non-performing
Assets. When a borrower fails to make a payment on a loan,
immediate steps are taken by Carver Federal and its sub-servicers to have the
delinquency cured and the loan restored to current status. With
respect to mortgage loans, once the payment grace period has expired (in most
instances 15 days after the due date), a late notice is mailed to the borrower
within two business days and a late charge is imposed, if
applicable. If payment is not promptly received, the borrower is
contacted by telephone and efforts are made to formulate an affirmative plan
to
cure the delinquency. Additional calls are made by the 20th and 25th
day of the delinquency. If a mortgage loan becomes 30 days
delinquent, a letter is mailed to the borrower requesting payment by a specified
date. If a mortgage loan becomes 60 days delinquent, Carver Federal
seeks to make personal contact with the borrower and also has the property
inspected. If a mortgage becomes 90 days delinquent, a letter is sent
to the borrower demanding payment by a certain date and indicating that a
foreclosure suit will be filed if the deadline is not met. If payment
is still not made, the Bank may pursue foreclosure or other appropriate
action. In the case of business loans the collection process is
similar. The Bank may pursue foreclosure or other appropriate action for
business loans secured by real estate. For business loans not secured
by real estate, the bank may seek the SBA guarantee or other appropriate
action.
When
a
borrower fails to make a payment on a consumer loan, steps are taken by Carver
Federal’s loan servicing department to have the delinquency cured and the loan
restored to current status. Once the payment grace period has expired
(15 days after the due date), a late notice is mailed to the borrower
immediately and a late charge is imposed, if applicable. If payment
is not promptly received, the borrower is contacted by telephone, and efforts
are made to formulate an affirmative plan to cure the delinquency. If
a consumer loan becomes 30 days delinquent, a letter is mailed to the borrower
requesting payment by a specified date. If the loan becomes 60 days
delinquent, the account is given to an independent collection agency to follow
up with the collection of the account. If the loan becomes 90 days delinquent,
a
final warning letter is sent to the borrower and any co-borrower. If
the loan remains delinquent, it is reviewed for charge-off. The
Bank’s collection efforts generally continue after the loan is charged
off.
The
following table sets forth information with respect to Carver Federal’s
non-performing assets as of March 31 (dollars in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||||||
Loans
accounted for on a non-accrual basis (1):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Real
estate:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
One-
to four-family
|
$ |
173
|
$ |
1,098
|
$ |
149
|
$ |
558
|
$ |
1,113
|
||||||||||
Multifamily
|
3,886
|
763
|
167
|
1,532
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Non-residential
|
-
|
-
|
665
|
-
|
639
|
|||||||||||||||
Construction
|
-
|
865
|
-
|
23
|
23
|
|||||||||||||||
Business
|
439
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Consumer
|
12
|
4
|
17
|
10
|
27
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
non-accrual loans
|
4,510
|
2,730
|
998
|
2,123
|
1,802
|
|||||||||||||||
Accruing
loans contractually past due> 90 days
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
non-accrual & accruing loans past due> 90
days
|
$ |
4,510
|
$ |
2,730
|
$ |
998
|
$ |
2,123
|
$ |
1,802
|
||||||||||
Other
non-performing assets (2):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Real
estate - land
|
28
|
26
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
other non-performing assets
|
28
|
26
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
non-performing assets (3)
|
$ |
4,538
|
$ |
2,756
|
$ |
998
|
$ |
2,123
|
$ |
1,802
|
||||||||||
Non-performing
loans to total loans
|
0.74 | % | 0.55 | % | 0.23 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.61 | % | ||||||||||
Non-performing
assets to total assets
|
0.61 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.16 | % | 0.39 | % | 0.36 | % |
(1)
|
Non-accrual
status denotes any loan where the delinquency exceeds 90 days past
due and
in the opinion of management the collection of additional interest
is
doubtful. Payments received on a non-accrual loan are either
applied to the outstanding principal balance or recorded as interest
income, depending on assessment of the ability to collect on the
loan.
|
(2)
|
Other
non-performing assets generally represent property acquired by the
Bank in
settlement of loans (i.e., through foreclosure, repossession or as
an
in-substance foreclosure). These assets are recorded at the
lower of their fair value or the cost to
acquire.
|
(3)
|
Total
non-performing assets consist of non-accrual loans, accruing loans
90 days
or more past due, property acquired in settlement of
loans.
|
At
March 31, 2007, total non-performing
assets increased by $1.8 million to $4.5 million, compared to $2.8 million
at
March 31, 2006. At March 31, 2007, other non-performing assets
consists of a $28,000 parcel of land that Carver Federal acquired as a result
of
a property tax redemption. The increase in non-accrual loans reflects
a $3.8 million group of loans to one borrower that were restructured and was
partially offset by non-performing loans that were paid off and payments on
other loans which returned them to performing status.
There
were no accruing loans contractually past due 90 days or more at March 31,
2007
and March 31, 2006, reflecting the continued practice adopted by the Bank during
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 to either write off or place on non-accrual
status all loans contractually past due 90 days or more.
Asset
Classification and Allowances for Losses. Federal regulations
and the Bank’s policies require the classification of assets on the basis of
credit quality on a quarterly basis. An asset is classified as
“substandard” if it is determined to be inadequately protected by the current
net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or the current value of the
collateral pledged, if any. An asset is classified as “doubtful” if
full collection is highly questionable or improbable. An asset is
classified as “loss” if it is considered un-collectible, even if a partial
recovery could be expected in the future. The regulations also
provide for a “special mention” designation, described as assets that do not
currently expose a savings institution to a sufficient degree of risk to warrant
classification but do possess credit deficiencies or potential weaknesses
deserving management’s close attention. Assets classified as
substandard or doubtful require a savings institution to establish general
allowances for loan losses. If an asset or portion thereof is
classified as a loss, a savings institution must either establish specific
allowances for loan losses in the amount of the portion of the asset classified
loss or charge off such amount. Federal examiners may disagree with a
savings institution’s classifications. If a savings institution does
not agree with an examiner’s classification of an asset, it may appeal this
determination to the OTS Regional Director.
At
March
31, 2007, Carver Federal had $7.5 million of loans classified as substandard,
representing 1.0% of the Bank’s total assets. As of March 31, 2006,
the Bank had $2.2 million of loans classified as substandard, representing
0.3%
of the Bank’s total assets. This increase results primarily from a
$3.8 million group of loans to one borrower that were restructured and
classified during the year and $1.0 million in classified business loans
acquired with CCB. There were $153,000 and $50,000 in loans
classified as doubtful and loss, respectively, at March 31, 2007 as compared
to
no loans classified as doubtful or loss at March 31, 2006.
The
OTS,
in conjunction with the other federal banking agencies, has adopted an
interagency policy statement on the allowance for loan losses and lease
losses. The policy statement provides guidance for financial
institutions on both the responsibilities of management for the assessment
and
establishment of adequate allowances and guidance for banking agency examiners
to use in determining the adequacy of general valuation
guidelines. Generally, the policy statement recommends that
institutions have effective systems and controls to identify, monitor and
address asset quality problems, that management analyze all significant factors
that affect the ability to collect the portfolio in a reasonable manner and
that
management establish acceptable allowance evaluation processes that meet the
objectives set forth in the policy statement. Although management
believes that adequate specific and general loan loss allowances have been
established, actual losses are dependent upon future events and, as such,
further additions to the level of specific and general loan loss allowances
may
become necessary. Federal examiners may disagree with the savings
institution as to the appropriate level of the institution’s allowance for loan
losses. While management believes Carver Federal has established its
existing loss allowances in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, there can be no assurance that regulators, in reviewing Carver
Federal’s assets, will not require Carver Federal to increase its loss
allowance, thereby negatively affecting Carver Federal’s reported financial
condition and results of operations.
Carver
Federal’s methodology for establishing the allowance for loan losses takes into
consideration probable losses that have been identified in connection with
specific loans as well as losses that have not been identified but can be
expected to occur. Further, management reviews the ratio of
allowances to total loans (including projected growth) and recommends
adjustments to the level of allowances accordingly. The Internal
Asset Review Committee conducts reviews of the Bank’s loans on at least a
quarterly basis and evaluates the need to establish general and specific
allowances on the basis of this review. In addition, management
actively monitors Carver Federal’s asset quality and charges off loans and
properties acquired in settlement of loans against the allowances for losses
on
loans and such properties when appropriate and provides specific loss reserves
when necessary. Although management believes it uses the best
information available to make determinations with respect to the allowances
for
losses, future adjustments may be necessary if economic conditions differ
substantially from the economic conditions in the assumptions used in making
the
initial determinations.
Additionally,
the Internal Asset Review Committee reviews Carver Federal’s assets on a
quarterly basis to determine whether any assets require classification or
re-classification. The Bank has a centralized loan servicing
structure that relies upon outside servicers, each of which generates a monthly
report of delinquent loans. The Board has designated the Internal
Asset Review Committee to perform quarterly reviews of the Bank’s asset quality,
and their report is submitted to the Board for review. The Asset
Liability and Interest Rate Risk Committee of the Board establishes policy
relating to internal classification of loans and also provides input to the
Internal Asset Review Committee in its review of classified
assets. In originating loans, Carver Federal recognizes that credit
losses will occur and that the risk of loss will vary with, among other things,
the type of loan being made, the creditworthiness of the borrower over the
term
of the loan, general economic conditions and, in the case of a secured loan,
the
quality of the security for the loan. It is management’s policy to
maintain a general allowance for loan losses based on, among other things,
regular reviews of delinquencies and loan portfolio quality, character and
size,
the Bank’s and the industry’s historical and projected loss experience and
current and forecasted economic conditions. In addition, considerable
uncertainty exists as to the future improvement or deterioration of the real
estate markets in various states, or of their ultimate impact on Carver Federal
as a result of its purchased loans in such states. See “—Lending
Activities—Loan Purchases and Originations.” Carver Federal increases
its allowance for loan losses by charging provisions for possible losses against
the Bank’s income. General allowances are established by the Board on
at least a quarterly basis based on an assessment of risk in the Bank’s loans,
taking into consideration the composition and quality of the portfolio,
delinquency trends, current charge-off and loss experience, the state of the
real estate market and economic conditions generally. Specific
allowances are provided for individual loans, or portions of loans, when
ultimate collection is considered improbable by management based on the current
payment status of the loan and the fair value or net realizable value of the
security for the loan.
At
the
date of foreclosure or other repossession or at the date the Bank determines
a
property is an impaired property, the Bank transfers the property to real estate
acquired in settlement of loans at the lower of cost or fair value, less
estimated selling costs. Fair value is defined as the amount in cash
or cash-equivalent value of other consideration that a real estate parcel would
yield in a current sale between a willing buyer and a willing
seller. Any amount of cost in excess of fair value is charged-off
against the allowance for loan losses. Carver Federal records an
allowance for estimated selling costs of the property immediately after
foreclosure. Subsequent to acquisition, management periodically
evaluates the property and an allowance is established if the estimated fair
value of the property, less estimated costs to sell, declines. If,
upon ultimate disposition of the property, net sales proceeds exceed the net
carrying value of the property, a gain on sale of real estate is
recorded. At March 31, 2007, the Bank had no foreclosed real estate,
however, as a result of a property tax redemption, the Bank took fee ownership
of a vacant tract of land in Bayshore, NY.
The
following table sets forth an analysis of Carver Federal’s allowance for loan
losses for the years ended March 31 (dollars in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
at beginning of year
|
$ |
4,015
|
$ |
4,097
|
$ |
4,125
|
$ |
4,158
|
$ |
4,128
|
||||||||||
Charge-offs:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
One-
to four-family
|
19
|
17
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||
Non-residential
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Business
|
50
|
-
|
-
|
55
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Consumer
and other
|
51
|
100
|
65
|
264
|
226
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
Charge-offs
|
120
|
117
|
73
|
325
|
228
|
|||||||||||||||
Recoveries:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
One-
to four-family
|
2
|
5
|
-
|
107
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Non-residential
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Business
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
73
|
|||||||||||||||
Consumer
and other
|
43
|
30
|
45
|
175
|
185
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
Recoveries
|
47
|
35
|
45
|
292
|
258
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
loans charged-off (recovered)
|
73
|
82
|
28
|
33
|
(30 | ) | ||||||||||||||
CCB
acquisition allowance
|
1,191
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Provision
for losses
|
276
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance
at end of year
|
$ |
5,409
|
$ |
4,015
|
$ |
4,097
|
$ |
4,125
|
$ |
4,158
|
||||||||||
Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
charge-offs to average loans outstanding
|
0.02 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.01 | % | 0.01 | % | -0.01 | % | ||||||||||
Allowance
to total loans
|
0.88 | % | 0.81 | % | 0.96 | % | 1.16 | % | 1.40 | % | ||||||||||
Allowance
to non-performing loans (1)
|
119.93 | % | 147.07 | % | 410.65 | % | 194.30 | % | 230.74 | % |
(1)
|
Non-performing
assets consist of non-accrual loans and accruing loans 90 days or
more
past due in settlement of loans.
|
The
following table allocates the
allowance for loan losses by asset category at March 31 (dollars in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
%
of Loans to Total Gross Loans
|
Amount
|
%
of Loans to Total Gross Loans
|
Amount
|
%
of Loans to Total Gross Loans
|
Amount
|
%
of Loans to Total Gross Loans
|
Amount
|
%
of Loans to Total Gross Loans
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance
for loan losses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One-to
four-family
|
$ |
373
|
6.90 | % | $ |
565
|
14.07 | % | $ |
528
|
12.89 | % | $ |
355
|
8.61 | % | $ |
298
|
7.17 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Multifamily
|
$ |
1,413
|
26.13 | % |
1,084
|
27.00 | % |
898
|
21.92 | % |
1,240
|
30.05 | % |
656
|
15.78 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-residential
|
$ |
1,487
|
27.49 | % |
960
|
23.91 | % |
1,129
|
27.56 | % |
853
|
20.68 | % |
1,967
|
47.30 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction
|
$ |
951
|
17.57 | % |
303
|
7.55 | % |
212
|
5.17 | % |
158
|
3.83 | % |
170
|
4.09 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business
|
$ |
951
|
17.58 | % |
22
|
0.55 | % |
10
|
0.24 | % |
92
|
2.23 | % |
8
|
0.19 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consumer
and other
|
$ |
234
|
4.32 | % |
420
|
10.46 | % |
544
|
13.28 | % |
395
|
9.58 | % |
336
|
8.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unallocated
|
$ |
0
|
0.00 | % |
661
|
16.46 | % |
776
|
18.94 | % |
1,032
|
25.02 | % |
723
|
17.39 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
Allowance
|
$ |
5,409
|
100.00 | % | $ |
4,015
|
100.00 | % | $ |
4,097
|
100.00 | % | $ |
4,125
|
100.00 | % | $ |
4,158
|
100.00 | % |
The
allocation of the allowance to each category is not necessarily indicative
of
future losses and does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses
in
any category.
Investment
Activities
General. The
Bank utilizes mortgage-backed and other investment securities in its
asset/liability management strategy. In making investment decisions,
the Bank considers, among other things, its yield and interest rate objectives,
its interest rate and credit risk position and its liquidity and cash
flow.
Generally,
the investment policy of the Bank is to invest funds among categories of
investments and maturities based upon the Bank's asset/liability management
policies, investment quality, loan and deposit volume and collateral
requirements, liquidity needs and performance objectives. Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 115, “Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities”, requires that
securities be classified into three categories: trading,
held-to-maturity, and available-for-sale. Securities that are bought and held
principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are classified
as
trading securities and are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and
losses included in earnings. Debt securities for which the Bank has
the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as
held-to-maturity and reported at amortized cost. All other securities
not classified as trading or held-to-maturity are classified as
available-for-sale and reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses
included, on an after-tax basis, in a separate component of stockholders’
equity. At March 31, 2007, the Bank had no securities classified as
trading. At March 31, 2007, $48.0 million, or 71.5% of the Bank’s
mortgage-backed and other investment securities, was classified as
available-for-sale. The remaining $19.1 million, or 28.5%, was classified
as held-to-maturity.
Mortgage-Backed
Securities. The Bank has invested in mortgage-backed securities in order to
achieve its asset/liability management goals and collateral needs.
Although mortgage-backed securities generally yield less than whole loans,
they
present substantially lower credit risk, are more liquid than individual
mortgage loans and may be used to collateralize obligations of the
Bank. Because Carver Federal receives regular payments of principal
and interest from its mortgage-backed securities, these investments provide
more
consistent cash flows than investments in other debt securities, which generally
only pay principal at maturity. Mortgage-backed securities also help
the Bank meet certain definitional tests for favorable treatment under federal
banking and tax laws. See “—Regulation and Supervision—Federal
Banking Regulation—QTL Test” and “Federal and State Taxation.”
At
March
31, 2007, mortgage-backed securities constituted 5.4% of total assets, as
compared to 14.6% of total assets at March 31, 2006. Carver Federal
maintains a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities in the form of Government
National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) pass-through certificates, FNMA and FHLMC
participation certificates. GNMA pass-through certificates are
guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and
credit of the United States Government while FNMA and FHLMC certificates are
each guaranteed by their respective agencies as to principal and
interest. Mortgage-backed securities generally entitle Carver Federal
to receive a pro rata portion of the cash flows from an identified pool of
mortgages. The cash flows from such pools are segmented and paid in
accordance with a predetermined priority to various classes of securities issued
by the entity. Carver Federal has also invested in pools of loans
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the Small Business Administration
(“SBA”).
The
Bank
seeks to manage interest rate risk by investing in adjustable-rate
mortgage-backed securities, which at March 31, 2007, constituted $39.2 million,
or 97.8%, of the mortgage-backed securities
portfolio. Mortgage-backed securities, however, expose Carver Federal
to certain unique risks. In a declining rate environment, accelerated
prepayments of loans underlying these securities expose Carver Federal to the
risk that it will be unable to obtain comparable yields upon reinvestment of
the
proceeds. In the event the mortgage-backed security has been funded
with an interest-bearing liability with maturity comparable to the original
estimated life of the mortgage-backed security, the Bank’s interest rate spread
could be adversely affected. Conversely, in a rising interest rate
environment, the Bank may experience a lower than estimated rate of repayment
on
the underlying mortgages, effectively extending the estimated life of the
mortgage-backed security and exposing the Bank to the risk that it may be
required to fund the asset with a liability bearing a higher rate of
interest.
The
following table sets forth the carrying value of Carver Federal’s
mortgage-backed securities at March 31 (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Available-for-Sale:
|
||||||||||||
GNMA
|
$ |
13,619
|
$ |
63,007
|
$ |
83,425
|
||||||
FNMA
|
5,895
|
4,589
|
8,149
|
|||||||||
FHLMC
|
1,125
|
2,209
|
3,908
|
|||||||||
Other
|
537
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
available-for-sale
|
21,176
|
69,805
|
95,482
|
|||||||||
Held
to Maturity:
|
||||||||||||
GNMA
|
$ |
727
|
$ |
809
|
$ |
1,070
|
||||||
FNMA
|
4,792
|
7,900
|
10,780
|
|||||||||
FHLMC
|
13,308
|
17,372
|
19,115
|
|||||||||
Other
|
120
|
70
|
51
|
|||||||||
Total
held to maturity
|
18,947
|
26,151
|
31,016
|
|||||||||
Total
mortgage-backed securities
|
$ |
40,123
|
$ |
95,956
|
$ |
126,498
|
The
following table sets forth the scheduled final maturities, book and fair values
for Carver Federal’s mortgage-backed securities at March 31, 2007 (dollars in
thousands):
Amortized
Cost
|
Fair
Value
|
Weighted
Avg Rate
|
||||||||||
Available-for-Sale:
|
||||||||||||
One
through five years
|
$ |
117
|
$ |
117
|
5.98 | % | ||||||
Five
through ten years
|
3,789
|
3,788
|
5.21 | % | ||||||||
After
ten years
|
17,269
|
17,271
|
4.92 | % | ||||||||
Total
available-for-sale
|
$ |
21,175
|
$ |
21,176
|
4.98 | % | ||||||
Held-to-maturity:
|
||||||||||||
One
through five years
|
$ |
28
|
$ |
28
|
5.63 | % | ||||||
Five
through ten years
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
After
ten years
|
18,919
|
18,790
|
5.54 | % | ||||||||
Total
held-to-maturity
|
$ |
18,947
|
$ |
18,818
|
5.54 | % |
Actual
maturities will differ from contractual maturities due to unscheduled repayments
and because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with
or
without prepayment penalties. The table above does not consider the
effects of possible prepayments or unscheduled repayments.
Other
Investment Securities. In addition to mortgage-backed
securities, the Bank also invests in high-quality assets (primarily government
and agency obligations) with short and intermediate terms (typically seven
years
or less) to maturity. Carver Federal is permitted under federal law
to make certain investments, including investments in securities issued by
various federal agencies and state and municipal governments, deposits at the
FHLB-NY, certificates of deposit in federally insured institutions, certain
bankers’ acceptances and federal funds. The Bank may also invest,
subject to certain limitations, in commercial paper having one of the two
highest investment ratings of a nationally recognized credit rating agency,
and
certain other types of corporate debt securities and mutual funds. In
fiscal 2005, as a result of the attempted acquisition of Independence Federal
Savings Bank (“IFSB”), Carver invested in 150,000 shares of IFSB common stock
totaling $3.1 million. However, on May 11, 2005, subsequent to the
termination of that acquisition agreement, the Company sold its entire equity
investment in IFSB for an aggregate price of 1.6 million. The
capital loss realized by the Company on the sale of IFSB shares can be utilized
by the Company to offset capital gains to the extent such gains occur before
the
5th anniversary
of the sale of the IFSB shares.
The
following table sets forth the carrying value of Carver Federal’s other
securities as of March 31 (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
U.S.
Government, equity and other securities:
|
||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
|
$ |
26,804
|
$ |
12,077
|
$ |
22,551
|
||||||
Held-to-maturity
|
190
|
253
|
286
|
|||||||||
Total
other securities
|
$ |
26,994
|
$ |
12,330
|
$ |
22,837
|
The
following table sets forth by scheduled maturities the book and fair values
for
Carver Federal’s other securities available-for-sale at March 31, 2007 (dollars
in thousands):
Weighted
|
||||||||||||
Amotrized
|
Fair
|
Average
|
||||||||||
Cost
|
Value
|
Rate
|
||||||||||
Available-for-sale:
|
||||||||||||
One
year or less
|
$ |
3,468
|
$ |
3,475
|
6.13 | % | ||||||
One
through five years
|
9,915
|
10,011
|
5.59 | % | ||||||||
Five
through ten years
|
10,785
|
10,993
|
5.55 | % | ||||||||
After
ten years
|
2,249
|
2,325
|
5.52 | % | ||||||||
Total
available-for-sale securities
|
$ |
26,417
|
$ |
26,804
|
5.64 | % |
Other
Earning Assets. Federal regulations require the Bank to maintain an
investment in FHLB-NY stock and a sufficient amount of liquid assets which
may
be invested in cash and specified securities. For additional
information, see “—Regulation and Supervision—Federal Banking
Regulation—Liquidity.”
Deposit
Activity and Other Sources of Funds
General. Deposits
are the primary source of Carver Federal’s funds for lending and other
investment purposes. In addition to deposits, Carver Federal derives
funds from loan principal repayments, loan and investment interest payments,
maturing investments and fee income. Loan and mortgage-backed
securities repayments and interest payments are a relatively stable source
of
funds, while deposit inflows and outflows are significantly influenced by
prevailing market interest rates, pricing of deposits, competition and general
economic conditions. Borrowed money may be used to supplement the
Bank’s available funds, and from time to time the Bank borrows funds from the
FHLB-NY and has borrowed funds through repurchase agreements and trust preferred
debt securities.
Deposits. Carver
Federal attracts deposits from consumers, local institutions and public entities
through its ten branches principally from within its market area by offering
a
variety of deposit instruments, including passbook and statement accounts and
certificates of deposit, which range in term from 91 days to seven
years. Deposit terms vary, principally on the basis of the minimum
balance required, the length of time the funds must remain on deposit and the
interest rate. Carver Federal also offers Individual Retirement
Accounts. Carver Federal’s policies are designed primarily to attract
deposits from local residents and businesses through the Bank’s
branches. Carver Federal also holds deposits from various
governmental agencies or authorities and corporations.
In
fiscal
2007 the Bank acquired two additional branches in Brooklyn, New York and $144.5
million in deposits resulting from its acquisition of CCB. In fiscal
2006, the Bank opened one additional stand-alone ATM in Bedford Stuyvesant,
Brooklyn. During fiscal 2005 the Bank opened two branches as well as two
stand-alone ATMs. The first branch and ATM were opened in July 2004
at Atlantic Terminal in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. A second ATM at
116th Street
and a branch at 145th Street
in Harlem
were opened in December 2004 and January 2005,
respectively. The Bank’s branches on 116th Street
and
145th Street
in
Harlem and in Jamaica operate in New York State designated Banking Development
Districts (“BDD”), which allow Carver Federal to participate in BDD-related
activities, including acquiring New York City and New York State
deposits. As of March 31, 2007, Carver Federal held $127.3 million in
BDD deposits. At March 31, 2007 the Bank held $43.1 million in
brokered deposits, specifically certificates of deposits. Included in
brokered deposits are $20.1 million of deposits through CDARS (Certificates
of
Deposit Account Registry Service). The CDARS product offers customers
a convenient way to enjoy full federal deposit insurance on deposits up to
$30
million.
Deposit
interest rates, maturities, service fees and withdrawal penalties on deposits
are established based on the Bank’s funds acquisition and liquidity
requirements, the rates paid by the Bank’s competitors, current market rates,
the Bank’s growth goals and applicable regulatory restrictions and
requirements.
The
following table sets forth the change in dollar amount of deposits accounts
offered by Carver Federal during the year ended March 31 (dollars in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Deposits
at beginning of period
|
$ |
504,638
|
$ |
455,870
|
$ |
375,519
|
||||||
Deposit
acquired with CCB
|
144,142
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Net
(decrease) increase before interest credited
|
(45,837 | ) |
39,847
|
74,896
|
||||||||
Interest
credited
|
12,179
|
8,921
|
5,455
|
|||||||||
Deposits
at end of period
|
$ |
615,122
|
$ |
504,638
|
$ |
455,870
|
||||||
Net
decrease during the year:
|
||||||||||||
Amount
|
$ | (33,658 | ) | $ |
48,768
|
$ |
80,351
|
|||||
Percent
|
-6.7 | % | 10.7 | % | 21.4 | % |
The
following table sets forth the distribution in the various types of the Bank’s
deposit accounts and the related weighted average interest rates paid as of
and
for the years ended March 31 (dollars in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
%
of
Total
|
Wtd.
Avg.
Rate
|
Amount
|
%
of
Total
|
Wtd.
Avg.
Rate
|
Amount
|
%
of
Total
|
Wtd.
Avg.
Rate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest-bearing
demand
|
$ |
50,891
|
8.27 | % | 0.00 | % | $ |
31,085
|
6.16 | % | 0.00 | % | $ |
25,570
|
5.61 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
NOW
accounts
|
28,910
|
4.70 | % | 0.39 | % |
27,904
|
5.53 | % | 0.31 | % |
24,095
|
5.29 | % | 0.30 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Savings
and club
|
137,960
|
22.43 | % | 0.68 | % |
139,724
|
27.69 | % | 0.68 | % |
137,810
|
30.23 | % | 0.62 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Money
market savings
|
46,996
|
7.64 | % | 2.62 | % |
40,045
|
7.94 | % | 2.41 | % |
36,294
|
7.96 | % | 1.34 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Certificates
of deposit
|
347,753
|
56.53 | % | 4.17 | % |
263,963
|
52.31 | % | 3.76 | % |
229,685
|
50.38 | % | 2.30 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
2,612
|
0.42 | % | 1.39 | % |
1,917
|
0.38 | % | 1.47 | % |
2,416
|
0.53 | % | 1.13 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ |
615,122
|
100.00 | % | 2.73 | % | $ |
504,638
|
100.00 | % | 2.37 | % | $ |
455,870
|
100.00 | % | 1.47 | % |
The
following table sets forth the amount and maturities of certificates of deposit
in specified weighted average interest rate categories at March 31 (dollars
in
thousands):
Period
to Maturity
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Percent
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rate
|
<
1Yr.
|
1-2
Yrs.
|
2-3
Yrs.
|
3+
Yrs.
|
2007
|
of
Total
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
0% - 0.99% | $ |
12,401
|
$ |
26
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
12
|
$ |
12,439
|
3.58 | % | $ |
746
|
|||||||||||||||
1% - 1.99% |
20,721
|
122
|
-
|
-
|
$ |
20,843
|
5.99 | % |
9,137
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2% - 3.99% |
85,567
|
12,480
|
13,047
|
3,901
|
$ |
114,995
|
33.07 | % |
137,602
|
||||||||||||||||||||
4%
and over
|
164,455
|
24,530
|
-
|
10,491
|
$ |
199,476
|
57.36 | % |
116,478
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ |
283,144
|
$ |
37,158
|
$ |
13,047
|
$ |
14,404
|
$ |
347,753
|
100.00 | % | $ |
263,963
|
Carver
Federal’s certificates of deposit of $100,000 or more were $217.4 million as of
March 31, 2007 compared to $183.5 million at March 31, 2006. These
certificates of deposit over $100,000 include BDD deposits of $127.3 million
and
$136.1 million at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Deposits,
other than certificates of deposits, with balances of $100,000 or more totaled
$98.7 million and $80.9 million at March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
Borrowed
Money. Deposits are the primary source of funds for Carver
Federal’s lending, investment and general operating
activities. Carver Federal is authorized, however, to use advances
and securities sold under agreements to repurchase (“Repos”) from the FHLB-NY
and approved primary dealers to supplement its supply of funds and to meet
deposit withdrawal requirements. The FHLB-NY functions as a central
bank providing credit for savings institutions and certain other member
financial institutions. As a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank
(“FHLB”) system, Carver Federal is required to own stock in the FHLB-NY and is
authorized to apply for advances. Advances are made pursuant to
several different programs, each of which has its own interest rate and range
of
maturities. Advances from the FHLB-NY are secured by Carver Federal’s
stock in the FHLB-NY and a pledge of Carver Federal’s mortgage loan and
mortgage-backed securities portfolios.
On
September 17, 2003, Carver Federal Trust I issued 13,000 shares, liquidation
amount $1,000 per share, of floating rate capital securities. Gross
proceeds from the sale of these trust preferred debt securities were $13.0
million and, together with the proceeds from the sale of the trust's common
securities, were used to purchase approximately $13.4 million aggregate
principal amount of the Holding Company's floating rate junior subordinated
debt
securities due 2033. The trust preferred debt securities are
redeemable quarterly at the option of the Company beginning on or after
September 17, 2008 and have a mandatory redemption date of September 17,
2033. Cash distributions on the trust preferred debt securities are
cumulative and payable at a floating rate per annum (reset quarterly) equal
to
3.05% over 3-month LIBOR, with a rate at March 31, 2007 of 8.41%. The
subordinated debt securities amounted to $13.3 million at March 31, 2007 and
are
included in other borrowed money on the consolidated statement of financial
condition. The Bank takes into consideration the term of borrowed
money with the repricing cycle of the mortgage loans on the balance
sheet. At March 31, 2007, Carver had outstanding $61.1 million in
total borrowed money, consisting of the subordinated debt securities and
advances from FHLB-NY.
The
following table sets forth certain
information regarding Carver’s borrowed money at the dates and for
the periods indicated as of and for the years ended March 31 (dollars in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Amounts
outstanding at the end of period:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ |
47,775
|
$ |
80,935
|
$ |
102,500
|
||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
$ |
13,318
|
$ |
13,260
|
$ |
13,202
|
||||||
Rate
paid at period end:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
4.32 | % | 4.13 | % | 3.78 | % | ||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
8.40 | % | 7.97 | % | 6.08 | % | ||||||
Maximum
amount of borrowing outstanding at any month end:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ |
93,975
|
$ |
112,488
|
$ |
112,506
|
||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
$ |
13,318
|
$ |
13,260
|
$ |
13,202
|
||||||
Approximate
average amounts outstanding for period:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ |
65,567
|
$ |
94,798
|
$ |
97,013
|
||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
$ |
13,286
|
$ |
13,230
|
$ |
13,171
|
||||||
Approximate
weighted average rate paid during period:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
4.36 | % | 3.81 | % | 3.71 | % | ||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
8.33 | % | 7.50 | % | 5.49 | % |
REGULATION
AND SUPERVISION
General
The
Bank
is subject to extensive regulation, examination and supervision by its primary
regulator, the OTS. The Bank’s deposit accounts are insured up to
applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) under
the Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”), and it is a member of the
FHLB. The Bank must file reports with the OTS concerning its
activities and financial condition, and it must obtain regulatory approvals
prior to entering into certain transactions, such as mergers with, or
acquisitions of, other depository institutions. The Holding Company,
as a unitary savings and loan holding company, is subject to regulation,
examination and supervision by the OTS and is required to file certain reports
with, and otherwise comply with, the rules and regulations of the OTS and of
the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the federal securities
laws. The OTS and the FDIC periodically perform safety and soundness
examinations of the Bank and the Holding Company and test our compliance with
various regulatory requirements. The OTS has primary enforcement
responsibility over federally chartered savings banks and has substantial
discretion to impose enforcement action on an institution that fails to comply
with applicable regulatory requirements, particularly with respect to its
capital requirements. In addition, the FDIC has the authority to
recommend to the Director of the OTS that enforcement action be taken with
respect to a particular federally chartered savings bank and, if action is
not
taken by the Director, the FDIC has authority to take such action under certain
circumstances.
This
regulation and supervision establishes a comprehensive framework to regulate
and
control the activities in which an institution can engage and is intended
primarily for the protection of the insurance fund and
depositors. This structure also gives the regulatory authorities
extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement
activities and examination policies, including policies with respect to the
classification of assets and the establishment of adequate loan loss reserves
for regulatory purposes. Any change in such laws and regulations
whether by the OTS, the FDIC or through legislation could have a material
adverse impact on the Bank and the Holding Company and their operations and
stockholders.
The
description of statutory provisions and regulations applicable to federally
chartered savings banks and their holding companies and of tax matters set
forth
in this document does not purport to be a complete description of all such
statutes and regulations and their effects on the Bank and the Holding
Company.
Federal
Banking Regulation
Activity
Powers. The Bank derives its lending and investment powers from
the Home Owners’ Loan Act (“HOLA”), as amended, and the regulations of the
OTS. Under these laws and regulations, the Bank may invest in
mortgage loans secured by residential and commercial real estate, commercial
and
consumer loans, certain types of debt securities and certain other
assets. The Bank may also establish service corporations that may
engage in activities not otherwise permissible for the Bank, including certain
real estate equity investments and securities and insurance
brokerage. The Bank’s authority to invest in certain types of loans
or other investments is limited by federal law.
On
October 4, 2006, the OTS and other federal bank regulatory authorities published
the Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risks, or the
Guidance. The Guidance describes sound practices for managing risk, as well
as
marketing, originating and servicing nontraditional mortgage products, which
include, among other things, interest-only loans. The Guidance sets forth
supervisory expectations with respect to loan terms and underwriting standards,
portfolio and risk management practices and consumer protection. For example,
the Guidance indicates that originating interest-only loans with reduced
documentation is considered a layering of risk and that institutions are
expected to demonstrate mitigating factors to support their underwriting
decision and the borrower's repayment capacity. Specifically, the Guidance
indicates that a lender may accept a borrower's statement as to the borrower's
income without obtaining verification only if there are mitigating factors
that
clearly minimize the need for direct verification of repayment capacity and
that, for many borrowers, institutions should be able to readily document
income.
On
December 14, 2006, the OTS published guidance entitled “Concentrations in
Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices,” or the CRE
Guidance, to address concentrations of commercial real estate loans in savings
associations. The CRE Guidance reinforces and enhances the OTS’s
existing regulations and guidelines for real estate lending and loan portfolio
management, but does not establish specific commercial real estate lending
limits. The Bank is evaluating the CRE Guidance as to its impact on
the conduct of the Bank’s business. The Bank believes it will be able
to effectively implement the requirements set forth in the CRE Guidance during
fiscal year 2008.
Loans
to One Borrower Limitations. The Bank is generally subject to
the same limits on loans to one borrower as a national bank. With
specified exceptions, the Bank’s total loans or extension of credit to a single
borrower or group of related borrowers may not exceed 15% of the Bank’s
unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus, which does not include accumulated
other comprehensive income. The Bank may lend additional amounts up
to 10% of its unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus if the loans or
extensions of credit are fully secured by readily marketable
collateral. The Bank currently complies with applicable loans to one
borrower limitations. At March 31, 2007, the Bank’s limit on
loans to one borrower based on its unimpaired capital and surplus was
$9.5 million.
QTL
Test. Under HOLA, the Bank must comply with a
Qualified Thrift Lender (“QTL”) test. Under this test, the Bank is
required to maintain at least 65% of its “portfolio assets” in certain
“qualified thrift investments” on a monthly basis in at least nine months of the
most recent twelve-month period. “Portfolio assets” means, in
general, an association’s total assets less the sum of (a) specified liquid
assets up to 20% of total assets, (b) goodwill and other intangible assets
and (c) the value of property used to conduct the Bank’s
business. “Qualified thrift investments” include various types of
loans made for residential and housing purposes, investments related to such
purposes, including certain mortgage-backed and related securities and consumer
loans. If the Bank fails the QTL test, it must either operate under
certain restrictions on its activities or convert from a thrift charter to
a
bank charter. In addition, if the Bank does not requalify under the
QTL test within three years after failing the test, the institution would be
prohibited from engaging in any activity not permissible for a national bank
and
would have to repay any outstanding advances from the FHLB-NY as promptly as
possible. At March 31, 2007, the Bank maintained approximately
69.3% of its portfolio assets in qualified thrift investments. The
Bank had also met the QTL test in each of the prior 12 months and was,
therefore, a qualified thrift lender.
Capital
Requirements. OTS regulations require the Bank to meet three
minimum capital ratios:
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(1)
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a
tangible capital ratio requirement of 1.5% of total assets, as adjusted
under OTS regulations;
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(2)
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a
leverage ratio requirement of 4% of core capital to such adjusted
total
assets; and
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(3)
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a
risk-based capital ratio requirement of 8% of core and supplementary
capital to total risk-weighted
assets.
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In
determining compliance with the risk-based capital requirement, the Bank must
compute its risk-weighted assets by multiplying its assets and certain
off-balance sheet items by risk-weights, which range from 0% for cash and
obligations issued by the U.S. government or its agencies to 100% for consumer
and commercial loans, as assigned by the OTS capital regulations based on the
risks that the OTS believes are inherent in the type of asset.
Generally,
tangible capital is defined as common stockholders’ equity (including retained
earnings), certain non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock and related earnings
and minority interests in equity accounts of fully consolidated subsidiaries,
less intangibles (other than certain mortgage servicing rights) and investments
in and loans to subsidiaries engaged in activities not permissible for a
national bank.
Core
capital is defined similarly to tangible capital, but also includes certain
qualifying supervisory goodwill less certain disallowed
assets. Supplementary capital includes cumulative and other perpetual
preferred stock, mandatory convertible securities, subordinated debt and
intermediate preferred stock and the allowance for loan and lease
losses. In addition, up to 45% of unrealized gains on
available-for-sale equity securities with a readily determinable fair value
may
be included in supplementary capital. The allowance for loan and
lease losses includable in supplementary capital is limited to a maximum of
1.25% of risk-weighted assets, and the amount of supplementary capital that
may
be included as total capital cannot exceed the amount of core
capital.
In
assessing an institution’s capital adequacy, the OTS takes into consideration
not only these numeric factors but qualitative factors as well, and has the
authority to establish higher capital requirements for individual institutions
where necessary. The Bank, as a matter of prudent management, targets
as its goal the maintenance of capital ratios which exceed these minimum
requirements and are consistent with the Bank’s risk profile. At
March 31, 2007, the Bank exceeded each of its capital requirements with a
tangible capital ratio of 7.9%, leverage capital ratio of 7.9% and total
risk-based capital ratio of 10.3%.
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (“FDICIA”), as amended,
requires that the OTS and other federal banking agencies revise their risk-based
capital standards, with appropriate transition rules, to ensure that they take
into account interest rate risk, concentrations of risk and the risks of
non-traditional activities. The OTS adopted regulations, effective
January 1, 1994, that set forth the methodology for calculating an interest
rate
risk component to be incorporated into the OTS risk-based capital
regulations. On May 10, 2002, the OTS adopted an amendment to
its capital regulations which eliminated the interest rate risk component of
the
risk-based capital requirement. Pursuant to the amendment, the OTS
will continue to monitor the interest rate risk of individual institutions
through the OTS requirements for interest rate risk management, the ability
of
the OTS to impose individual minimum capital requirements on institutions that
exhibit a high degree of interest rate risk, and the requirements of Thrift
Bulletin 13a, which provides guidance on the management of interest rate risk
and the responsibility of boards of directors in that area. In
addition, the OTS monitors the interest rate risk of individual institutions
through a variety of means, including an analysis of the change in portfolio
value, or NPV. NPV is defined as the net present value of the
expected future cash flows of an entity’s assets and liabilities and therefore,
hypothetically represents the value of an institution’s net
worth. The OTS has also used this NPV analysis as part of its
evaluation of certain applications or notices submitted by thrift
institutions. In addition, OTS Bulletin 13a provides guidance on the
management of interest rate risk and the responsibility of Boards of Directors
in that area. The OTS, through its general oversight of the safety
and soundness of savings associations, retains the right to impose minimum
capital requirements on individual institution to the extent the institution
is
not in compliance with certain written guidelines established by the OTS
regarding NPV analysis. The OTS has not imposed any such requirements
on the Bank.
Prompt
Corrective Action Regulations. Under the prompt corrective
action regulations, the OTS is authorized and, in some cases, required to take
supervisory actions against undercapitalized savings banks. For this
purpose, a savings bank would be placed in one of the following five categories
based on the bank’s regulatory capital: well-capitalized; adequately
capitalized; undercapitalized; significantly undercapitalized; or critically
undercapitalized.
The
severity of the action authorized or required to be taken under the prompt
corrective action regulations increases as a bank’s capital decreases within the
three undercapitalized categories. All banks are prohibited from
paying dividends or other capital distributions or paying management fees to
any
controlling person if, following such distribution, the bank would be
undercapitalized. Generally, a capital restoration plan must be filed
with the OTS within 45 days of the date a bank receives notice that it is
“undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized” or “critically
undercapitalized.” In addition, various mandatory supervisory actions
become immediately applicable to the institution, including restrictions on
growth of assets and other forms of expansion. Under the OTS
regulations, generally, a federally chartered savings bank is treated as well
capitalized if its total risk-based capital ratio is 10% or greater, its
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio is 6% or greater, and its leverage ratio is
5% or greater, and it is not subject to any order or directive by the OTS to
meet a specific capital level. When appropriate, the OTS can require
corrective action by a savings association holding company under the “prompt
corrective action” provisions of federal law. At March 31, 2007,
the Bank was considered well-capitalized by the OTS.
Limitation
on Capital Distributions. The OTS imposes various restrictions
on the Bank’s ability to make capital distributions, including cash dividends,
payments to repurchase or otherwise acquire its shares and other distributions
charged against capital. A savings institution that is the subsidiary
of a savings and loan holding company, such as the Bank, must file a notice
with
the OTS at least 30 days before making a capital
distribution. However, the Bank must file an application for prior
approval if the total amount of its capital distributions (including each
proposed distribution), for the applicable calendar year would exceed the Bank’s
net income for that year plus the Bank’s retained net income for the previous
two years.
The
Bank
may not pay dividends to the Holding Company if, after paying those dividends,
the Bank would fail to meet the required minimum levels under risk-based capital
guidelines and the minimum leverage and tangible capital ratio requirements
or
the OTS notified the Bank that it was in need of more than normal
supervision.
The
Bank
is prohibited from making capital distributions if:
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(1)
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the
Bank would be undercapitalized following the
distribution;
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(2)
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the
proposed capital distribution raises safety and soundness concerns;
or
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(3)
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the
capital distribution would violate a prohibition contained in any
statute,
regulation or agreement.
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Liquidity. The
Bank maintains liquidity levels to meet operational needs. In the
normal course of business, the levels of liquid assets during any given period
are dependent on operating, investing and financing activities. Cash
and due from banks, federal funds sold and repurchase agreements with maturities
of three months or less are the Bank’s most liquid assets. The Bank
maintains a liquidity policy to maintain sufficient liquidity to ensure its
safe
and sound operations.
Branching. Subject
to certain limitations, federal law permits the Bank to establish branches
in
any state of the United States. The authority for the Bank to
establish an interstate branch network would facilitate a geographic
diversification of the Bank’s activities. This authority under
federal law and OTS regulations preempts any state law purporting to regulate
branching by federal savings associations.
Community
Reinvestment. Under the CRA, as amended, as implemented by OTS
regulations, the Bank has a continuing and affirmative obligation to help meet
the credit needs of its entire community, including low and moderate income
neighborhoods. The CRA does not establish specific lending
requirements or programs for the Bank nor does it limit the Bank’s discretion to
develop the types of products and services that it believes are best suited
to
its particular community. The CRA does, however, require the OTS, in
connection with its examination of the Bank, to assess the Bank’s record of
meeting the credit needs of its community and to take such record into account
in its evaluation of certain applications by the Bank.
In
particular, the system focuses on three tests:
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(1)
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a
lending test, to evaluate the institution’s record of making loans in its
assessment areas;
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(2)
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an
investment test, to evaluate the institution’s record of investing in
community development projects, affordable housing and programs benefiting
low or moderate income individuals and businesses;
and
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(3)
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a
service test, to evaluate the institution’s delivery of banking services
through its branches, ATM centers and other
offices.
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The
CRA
also requires all institutions to make public disclosure of their CRA
ratings. The Bank received an “Outstanding” CRA rating in its most
recent examination conducted in 2006.
Regulations
require that we publicly disclose certain agreements that are in fulfillment
of
CRA. The Holding Company has no such agreements in place at this
time.
Transactions
with Related Parties. The Bank’s authority to engage in
transactions with its “affiliates” and insiders is limited by OTS regulations
and by Sections 23A, 23B, 22(g) and 22(h) of the Federal Reserve Act
(“FRA”). In general, these transactions must be on terms which are as
favorable to the Bank as comparable transactions with
non-affiliates. Additionally, certain types of these transactions are
restricted to an aggregate percentage of the Bank’s
capital. Collateral in specified amounts must usually be provided by
affiliates in order to receive loans from the Bank. In addition, OTS
regulations prohibit a savings bank from lending to any of its affiliates that
is engaged in activities that are not permissible for bank holding companies
and
from purchasing the securities of any affiliate other than a
subsidiary.
The
Bank’s authority to extend credit to its directors, executive officers, and 10%
shareholders, as well as to entities controlled by such persons, is currently
governed by the requirements of Sections 22(g) and 22(h) of the FRA and
Regulation O of the FRB. Among other things, these provisions require
that extensions of credit to insiders (a) be made on terms that are
substantially the same as, and follow credit underwriting procedures that are
not less stringent than, those prevailing for comparable transactions with
unaffiliated persons and that do not involve more than the normal risk of
repayment or present other unfavorable features and (b) not exceed certain
limitations on the amount of credit extended to such persons, individually
and
in the aggregate, which limits are based, in part, on the amount of the Bank’s
capital. In addition, extensions of credit in excess of certain
limits must be approved by the Bank’s Board. At March 31, 2007, there
were no loans to officers or directors.
The
FRB
has confirmed its previous interpretations of Sections 23A and 23B of the
FRA with Regulation W. The OTS has also conformed its
regulations to agree with Regulation W. Regulation W made
various changes to existing law regarding Sections 23A and 23B, including
expanding the definition of what constitutes an “affiliate” subject to
Sections 23A and 23B and exempting certain subsidiaries of state-chartered
banks from the restrictions of Sections 23A and 23B.
The
OTS
regulations provide for additional restrictions imposed on savings associations
under Section 11 of HOLA, including provisions prohibiting a savings association
from making a loan to an affiliate that is engaged in non-bank holding company
activities and provisions prohibiting a savings association from purchasing
or
investing in securities issued by an affiliate that is not a
subsidiary. The OTS regulations also include certain specific
exemptions from these prohibitions. The FRB and the OTS expect each
depository institution that is subject to Sections 23A and 23B to implement
policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Regulation W and the OTS
regulation. These regulations have had no material adverse effect on
our business.
Section 402
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act prohibits the extension of personal loans to directors
and executive officers of issuers (as defined in the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act). The prohibition, however, does not apply to mortgages advanced
by an insured depository institution, such as the Bank, that is subject to
the
insider lending restrictions of Section 22(h) of the FRA.
Assessment. The
OTS charges assessments to recover the cost of examining savings associations
and their affiliates. These assessments are based on three
components: the size of the association, on which the basic assessment is based;
the association’s supervisory condition, which results in an additional
assessment based on a percentage of the basic assessment for any savings
institution with a composite rating of 3, 4, or 5 in its most recent safety
and
soundness examination; and the complexity of the association’s operations, which
results in an additional assessment based on a percentage of the basic
assessment for any savings association that managed over $1 billion in trust
assets, serviced for others loans aggregating more than $1 billion, or had
certain off-balance sheet assets aggregating more than $1
billion. Effective July 1, 2004, the OTS adopted a final rule
replacing examination fees for savings and loan holding companies with
semi-annual assessments. For fiscal 2007, Carver paid $166,000 in OTS
assessments.
Enforcement. The
OTS has primary enforcement responsibility over the Bank. This
enforcement authority includes, among other things, the ability to assess civil
money penalties, to issue cease and desist orders and to remove directors and
officers. In general, these enforcement actions may be initiated in
response to violations of laws and regulations and unsafe or unsound
practices.
Standards
for Safety and Soundness. The OTS has adopted guidelines
prescribing safety and soundness standards. The guidelines establish
general standards relating to internal controls and information systems,
internal audit systems, loan documentation, credit underwriting, interest rate
exposure, asset growth, asset quality, earnings, compensation, fees and
benefits. In general, the guidelines require, among other things,
appropriate systems and practices to identify and manage the risks and exposures
specified in the guidelines. In addition, OTS regulations authorize,
but do not require, the OTS to order an institution that has been given notice
that it is not satisfying these safety and soundness standards to submit a
compliance plan. If, after being so notified, an institution fails to
submit an acceptable compliance plan or fails in any material respect to
implement an accepted compliance plan, the OTS must issue an order directing
action to correct the deficiency and may issue an order directing other actions
of the types to which an undercapitalized association is subject under the
“prompt corrective action” provisions of federal law. If an
institution fails to comply with such an order, the OTS may seek to enforce
such
order in judicial proceedings and to impose civil money penalties.
Insurance
of Deposit Accounts
The
deposits of the Bank are insured up to applicable limits by the DIF. The DIF
is
the successor to the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance
Fund, which were merged in 2006. The FDIC recently amended its risk-based
assessment system for 2007 to implement authority granted by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Reform Act of 2005 (the “Reform Act”). Under the revised system,
insured institutions are assigned to one of four risk categories based on
supervisory evaluations, regulatory capital levels and certain other factors.
An
institution’s assessment rate depends upon the category to which it is assigned.
Risk Category I, which contains the least risky depository institutions, is
expected to include more than 90% of all institutions. Unlike the other
categories, Risk Category I contains further risk differentiation based on
the
FDIC’s analysis of financial ratios, examination component ratings and other
information. Assessment rates are determined semi-annually by the FDIC and
currently range from five to seven basis points for the healthiest institutions
(Risk Category I) to 43 basis points of assessable deposits for the riskiest
(Risk Category IV). The FDIC may adjust rates uniformly from one quarter to
the
next, except that no single adjustment can exceed three basis
points.
The
Reform Act also provided for a one-time credit for eligible institutions based
on their assessment base as of December 31, 1996. Subject to certain
limitations with respect to institutions that are exhibiting weaknesses, credits
can be used to offset assessments until exhausted. The Bank’s one-time credits
are expected to fully cover the 2007 assessment. The Reform Act also provided
for the possibility that the FDIC may pay dividends to insured institutions
once
the DIF reserve ratio equals or exceeds 1.35% of estimated insured
deposits.
In
addition to the assessment for deposit insurance, institutions are required
to
make payments on bonds issued in the late 1980s by the Financing Corporation
to
recapitalize a predecessor deposit insurance fund. This payment is established
quarterly, and during the calendar year ending December 31, 2006, averaged
1.28 basis points of assessable deposits.
The
Reform Act provided the FDIC with authority to adjust the DIF ratio to insured
deposits within a range of 1.15% to 1.50%, in contrast to the prior statutorily
fixed ratio of 1.25%. The ratio, which is viewed by the FDIC as the level that
the fund should achieve, was established by the agency at 1.25% for
2007.
The
FDIC
has authority to increase insurance assessments. A significant increase in
insurance premiums would likely have an adverse effect on the operating expenses
and results of operations of the Community Bank and
the Commercial Bank. Management cannot predict what insurance assessment rates
will be in the future.
Insurance
of deposits may be terminated by the FDIC upon a finding that the institution
has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices, is in an unsafe or unsound condition
to continue operations or has violated any applicable law, regulation, rule,
order or condition imposed by the FDIC. The management of the Bank does not
know
of any practice, condition or violation that might lead to termination of
deposit insurance.
The
Bank’s total expense in fiscal 2007 for FDIC assessment for Financing
Corporation (FICO) bonds interest payments was $66,000. Due to the
Bank’s favorable assessment risk classification there was no deposit insurance
assessment on our deposits for fiscal 2007.
Federal
Home Loan Bank System. The Bank is a member of the FHLB-NY,
which is one of the twelve regional banks composing the FHLB
System. Each regional bank provides a central credit facility
primarily for its member institutions. The Bank, as an FHLB-NY
member, is required to acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the FHLB-NY
in an amount equal to the greater of (i) 1% of the aggregate principal amount
of
its unpaid residential mortgage loans, home purchase contracts and similar
obligations at the beginning of each year, and (ii) 5% (or such greater fraction
as established by the FHLB-NY) of its outstanding advances from the
FHLB-NY. The Bank was in compliance with this requirement with an
investment in the capital stock of the FHLB-NY at March 31, 2007 of $3.2
million. Any advances from an FHLB-NY must be secured by specified
types of collateral, and all long term advances may be obtained only for the
purpose of providing funds for residential housing finance.
FHLB-NY
is required to provide funds for the resolution of insolvent thrifts and to
contribute funds for affordable housing programs. These requirements
could reduce the amount of earnings that the FHLB-NY can pay as dividends to
their members and could also result in the FHLB-NY imposing a higher rate of
interest on advances to their members. If dividends were reduced, or
interest on future FHLB-NY advances increased, the Bank’s net interest income
would be adversely affected. Dividends from FHLB-NY to the Bank
amounted to $261,000, $274,000 and $130,000 for fiscal years 2007, 2006 and
2005, respectively. In the third quarter of fiscal 2004, the FHLB-NY
suspended dividend payments to stockholders due to losses in its securities
portfolio, but resumed payment in the fourth quarter. The dividend
rate paid on FHLB-NY stock at March 31, 2007 was 7.50%.
Under
the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, as amended (“Gramm-Leach”), which repeals historical
restrictions and eliminates many federal and state law barriers to affiliations
among banks and securities firms, insurance companies and other financial
service providers, membership in the FHLB system is now voluntary for all
federally-chartered savings banks such as the Bank. Gramm-Leach also
replaces the existing redeemable stock structure of the FHLB system with a
capital structure that requires each FHLB to meet a leverage limit and a
risk-based permanent capital requirement. Two classes of stock are
authorized: Class A (redeemable on six months notice) and Class B
(redeemable on five years notice). Pursuant to regulations
promulgated by the Federal Housing Finance Board, as required by Gramm-Leach,
the FHLB has adopted a capital plan that will change the foregoing minimum
stock
ownership requirements for FHLB stock. Under the new capital plan,
each member of the FHLB will have to maintain a minimum investment in FHLB
capital stock in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the greater of $1,000 or
0.20% of the member’s mortgage-related assets and (2) 4.50% of the dollar
amount of any outstanding advances under such member’s Advances, Collateral
Pledge and Security Agreement with the FHLB-NY.
Federal
Reserve System. Under the FRB’s regulations, the Bank is
required to maintain non-interest-earning reserves against its transaction
accounts. FRB regulations generally require that (a) reserves of
3% must be maintained against aggregate transaction accounts between
$7.0 million and $48.3 million (subject to adjustment by the FRB), and
(b) a reserve of $1.2 million and 10% (subject to adjustment by the FRB
between 8% and 14%) must be maintained against that portion of total transaction
accounts in excess of $48.3 million. The first $7.0 million
of otherwise reservable balances are exempted from the reserve
requirements. The Bank is in compliance with these reserve
requirements. Because required reserves must be maintained in the
form of either vault cash, a non-interest-bearing account at a Federal Reserve
Bank, or a pass-through account as defined by the FRB, the effect of this
reserve requirement is to reduce the Bank’s interest-earning assets to the
extent that the requirement exceeds vault cash.
Privacy
Protection. Carver Federal is subject to OTS regulations
implementing the privacy protection provisions of Gramm-Leach. These
regulations require the Bank to disclose its privacy policy, including
identifying with whom it shares “nonpublic personal information,” to customers
at the time of establishing the customer relationship and annually
thereafter. The regulations also require the Bank to provide its
customers with initial and annual notices that accurately reflect its privacy
policies and practices. In addition, to the extent its sharing of
such information is not exempted, the Bank is required to provide its customers
with the ability to “opt-out” of having the Bank share their nonpublic personal
information with unaffiliated third parties before they can disclose such
information, subject to certain exceptions.
The
Bank
is subject to regulatory guidelines establishing standards for safeguarding
customer information. These regulations implement certain provisions
of Gramm-Leach. The guidelines describe the agencies’ expectations
for the creation, implementation and maintenance of an information security
program, which would include administrative, technical and physical safeguards
appropriate to the size and complexity of the institution and the nature and
scope of its activities. The standards set forth in the guidelines
are intended to insure the security and confidentiality of customer records
and
information, protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security
or integrity of such records and protect against unauthorized access to or
use
of such records or information that could result in substantial harm or
inconvenience to any customer. The Bank has a policy to comply with
the foregoing guidelines.
Holding
Company Regulation. The Holding Company is a savings and loan
holding company regulated by the OTS. As such, the Holding Company is
registered with and is subject to OTS examination and supervision, as well
as
certain reporting requirements. In addition, the OTS has enforcement
authority over the Holding Company and its subsidiaries. Among other
things, this authority permits the OTS to restrict or prohibit activities that
are determined to be a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or
stability of a subsidiary savings institution. Unlike bank holding
companies, federal savings and loan holding companies are not subject to any
regulatory capital requirements or to supervision by the FRB.
Gramm-Leach
restricts the powers of new unitary savings and loan holding
companies. Unitary savings and loan holding companies that are
“grandfathered,” i.e., unitary savings and loan holding companies in existence
or with applications filed with the OTS on or before May 4, 1999, such as
Carver, retain their authority under the prior law. All other unitary
savings and loan holding companies are limited to financially related activities
permissible for bank holding companies, as defined under
Gramm-Leach. Gramm-Leach also prohibits non-financial companies from
acquiring grandfathered unitary savings and loan holding companies.
Restrictions
Applicable to All Savings and Loan Holding Companies. Federal
law prohibits a savings and loan holding company, including the Holding Company,
directly or indirectly, from acquiring:
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(1)
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control
(as defined under HOLA) of another savings institution (or a holding
company parent) without prior OTS
approval;
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(2)
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through
merger, consolidation, or purchase of assets, another savings institution
or a holding company thereof, or acquiring all or substantially all
of the
assets of such institution (or a holding company), without prior
OTS
approval; or
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(3)
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control
of any depository institution not insured by the FDIC (except through
a
merger with and into the holding company’s savings institution subsidiary
that is approved by the OTS).
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A
savings
and loan holding company may not acquire as a separate subsidiary an insured
institution that has a principal office outside of the state where the principal
office of its subsidiary institution is located, except:
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(1)
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in
the case of certain emergency acquisitions approved by the
FDIC;
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(2)
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if
such holding company controls a savings institution subsidiary that
operated a home or branch office in such additional state as of March
5,
1987; or
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(3)
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if
the laws of the state in which the savings institution to be acquired
is
located specifically authorize a savings institution chartered by
that
state to be acquired by a savings institution chartered by the state where
the acquiring savings institution or savings and loan holding company
is
located or by a holding company that controls such a state chartered
association.
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The
HOLA
prohibits a savings and loan holding company (directly or indirectly, or through
one or more subsidiaries) from acquiring another savings association or holding
company thereof without prior written approval of the OTS; acquiring or
retaining, with certain exceptions, more than 5% of a non-subsidiary savings
association, a non-subsidiary holding company, or a non-subsidiary company
engaged in activities other than those permitted by the HOLA; or acquiring
or
retaining control of a depository institution that is not federally
insured. In evaluating applications by holding companies to acquire
savings associations, the OTS must consider the financial and managerial
resources and future prospects of the company and institution involved, the
effect of the acquisition on the risk to the insurance funds, the convenience
and needs of the community and competitive factors.
Federal
Securities Laws. The Holding Company is subject to the periodic
reporting, proxy solicitation, tender offer, insider trading restrictions and
other requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(“Exchange Act”).
Delaware
Corporation Law. The Holding Company is incorporated under the
laws of the State of Delaware. Thus, it is subject to regulation by
the State of Delaware and the rights of its shareholders are governed by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
New
York State Banking Laws and Regulations. On October 5,
2006, Carver Federal established a new subsidiary, CMB, as a state
chartered limited purpose commercial bank in New York, to accept deposits
of municipalities and other governmental entities in the State of New York.
CMB
is subject to extensive regulation, examination and supervision by the New
York
State Superintendent of Banks, as its primary regulator and the FDIC, as the
deposit insurer.
In
addition to being a regulator of CMB, the New York State Banking Department
has
adopted Section 6-L to the banking law and regulations which impose
restrictions and limitations on certain high cost home loans made by any
individual or entity, including a federally-chartered savings bank, that
originates more than one high cost home loan in New York State in a 12-month
period. Among other things, the regulations and statute prohibit
certain mortgage loan provisions and certain acts and practices by originators
and impose certain disclosure and reporting requirements. It is
unclear whether these provisions would be preempted by Section 5(a) of
HOLA, as implemented by the lending and investment regulations of the
OTS. The OTS has not yet adopted regulations regarding high-cost
mortgage loans and is currently considering whether it will do
so. Although the Bank does not originate loans that meet the
definition of “high-cost mortgage loan” under the proposed regulations, in the
event the Bank determines to originate such loans in the future, the Bank may
be
subject to such regulation, if adopted as proposed.
Other
Federal Regulation. The Bank is subject to OTS regulations
implementing the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, or the USA
PATRIOT Act. The USA PATRIOT Act gives the federal government new
powers to address terrorist threats through enhanced domestic security measures,
expanded surveillance powers, increased information sharing, and broadened
anti-money laundering requirements. By way of amendments to the Bank
Secrecy Act, Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act takes measures intended to
encourage information sharing among bank regulatory agencies and law enforcement
bodies. Further, certain provisions of Title III impose affirmative
obligations on a broad range of financial institutions, including banks,
thrifts, brokers, dealers, credit unions, money transfer agents and parties
registered under the Commodity Exchange Act.
Title
III
of the USA PATRIOT Act and the related OTS regulations impose the following
requirements with respect to financial institutions:
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Establishment
of anti-money laundering programs.
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Establishment
of a program specifying procedures for obtaining identifying information
from customers seeking to open new accounts, including verifying
the
identity of customers within a reasonable period of
time.
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Establishment
of enhanced due diligence policies, procedures and controls designed
to
detect and report money laundering.
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Prohibition
on correspondent accounts for foreign shell banks and compliance
with
recordkeeping obligations with respect to correspondent accounts
of
foreign banks.
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FEDERAL
AND STATE TAXATION
Federal
Taxation
General. The
Holding Company and the Bank currently file consolidated federal income tax
returns, report their income for tax return purposes on the basis of a
taxable-year ending March 31st, using the accrual method of accounting and
are
subject to federal income taxation in the same manner as other corporations
with
some exceptions, including in particular the Bank’s tax reserve for bad debts
discussed below. The following discussion of tax matters is intended
only as a summary and does not purport to be a comprehensive description of
the
tax rules applicable to the Bank or the Holding Company.
Bad
Debt Reserves. Prior to fiscal 2004 the Bank met the requirement
as a “small bank” (one with assets having an adjusted tax basis of $500 million
or less) and was permitted to maintain a reserve for bad debts with respect
to
“qualifying loans,” which, in general, are loans secured by certain interests in
real property, and to make, within specified formula limits, annual additions
to
the reserve which are deductible for purposes of computing the Bank’s taxable
income. Since fiscal year 2004, the Bank has not been considered to
be a small bank because its total assets have exceeded $500
million.
Distributions. To
the extent that the Bank makes “non-dividend distributions” to shareholders,
such distributions will be considered to result in distributions from the Bank’s
“base year reserve,” i.e., its reserve as of March 31, 1988, to the extent
thereof and then from its supplemental reserve for losses on loans, and an
amount based on the amount distributed will be included in the Bank’s taxable
income. Non-dividend distributions include distributions in excess of
the Bank’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, distributions in
redemption of stock and distributions in partial or complete
liquidation. However, dividends paid out of the Bank’s current or
accumulated earnings and profits, as calculated for federal income tax purposes,
will not constitute non-dividend distributions and, therefore, will not be
included in the Bank’s taxable income.
The
amount of additional taxable income created from a non-dividend distribution
is
an amount that, when reduced by the tax attributable to the income, is equal
to
the amount of the distribution. Thus, approximately one and one-half
times the non-dividend distribution would be includable in gross income for
federal income tax purposes, assuming a 34% federal corporate income tax
rate.
Elimination
of Dividends; Dividends-Received Deduction. The
Holding Company may exclude from its income 100% of dividends received from
the
Bank as a member of the same affiliated group of corporations. The
corporate dividends-received deduction is generally 70% in the case of dividends
received from unaffiliated corporations with which the Holding Company and
the
Bank will not file a consolidated tax return, except that if the Holding Company
or the Bank owns more than 20% of the stock of a corporation distributing a
dividend, then 80% of any dividends received may be deducted.
State
and Local Taxation
State
of New York. The Bank and the Holding Company are subject to New
York State franchise tax on their entire net income or one of several
alternative bases, whichever results in the highest tax. “Entire net
income” means federal taxable income with adjustments. The Bank and
the Holding Company file combined returns and are subject to taxation in the
same manner as other corporations with some exceptions, including the Bank’s
deductions for additions to its reserve for bad debts. The New York
State franchise tax rate based upon entire net income for both fiscal years
2007
and 2006 was 9.03%, (including the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District
Surcharge) of net income. In general, the Holding Company is not
required to pay New York State tax on dividends and interest received from
the
Bank or on gains realized on the sale of Bank stock. 60% of dividend
income, and gains and losses from subsidiary capital are excluded from New
York
State entire net income. Distributions to Carver Federal received
from Carver Asset Corporation are eligible for the New York State dividends
received deduction. However, the Holding Company has been subject to
a franchise tax rate of 3.51% (including the Metropolitan Commuter
Transportation District Surcharge) for both fiscal years 2007 and 2006 based
upon alternative entire net income. For this purpose, alternative
entire net income is determined by adding back 60% of dividend income, and
gains
and losses from subsidiary capital to New York State entire net
income.
New
York
State has enacted legislation that enabled the Bank to avoid the recapture
of
the New York State tax bad debt reserves that otherwise would have occurred
as a
result of the changes in federal law and to continue to utilize either the
federal method or a method based on a percentage of its taxable income for
computing additions to its bad debt reserve.
New
York City. The Bank and the Holding Company are also subject to
a similarly calculated New York City banking corporation tax of 9% on income
allocated to New York City. In this connection, legislation was
enacted regarding the use and treatment of tax bad debt reserves that is
substantially similar to the New York State legislation described
above. The Bank and the Holding Company are subject to New York City
banking corporation tax of 3% on alternative entire net income allocated to
New
York City.
Delaware
Taxation. As a Delaware holding company not earning income in
Delaware, the Holding Company is exempted from Delaware corporate income tax
but
is required to file an annual report with and pay an annual franchise tax to
the
State of Delaware.
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS OF THE HOLDING COMPANY
The
name,
position, term of office as officer and period during which he or she has served
as an officer is provided below for each executive officer of the Holding
Company as of June 15, 2007. Each of the persons listed below is an
executive officer of the Holding Company and the Bank, holding the same office
in each.
Deborah
C. Wright, age 49, has served
as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of
the Holding Company and Carver Federal since June 1, 1999. In February 2005,
Ms.
Wright was elected Chairman of the Board. Prior to joining Carver,
Ms. Wright was President & Chief Executive Officer of the Upper Manhattan
Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, a position she held since May
1996.
Roy
Swan, age 43, has served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2006 and formerly served
as
Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief of Staff since May
2005. Prior to joining Carver, Mr. Swan served as Vice President,
Finance & Administration at Time Warner Inc. since March 2003.
Charles
F. Koehler, age 63, has served as Executive Vice President of
Lending since September 2006. Previously, Mr. Koehler was the
President and Chief Executive Officer of CCB where he had been employed since
1998. He has an extensive background in many phases of banking with
over 40 years experience primarily in the credit arena.
Susan
M. Ifill, age 47, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Retail
Officer since January 2007. Previously, Ms. Ifill was with Bank of
America where she was responsible for the growth of a $3 billion asset portfolio
and client acquisitions and satisfaction, retiring after 28 years as SVP and
Market Manager for the Premier Banking Division.
James
H. Bason, age 52, has served as Senior Vice
President and Chief Lending Officer since March 2003. Previously, Mr.
Bason was Vice President and Real Estate Loan Officer at The Bank of New York
where he had been employed since 1991. At the Bank of New York, Mr.
Bason was responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with
developers, builders, real estate investors and brokers to provide construction
and permanent real estate financing.
Gina
L. Bolden-Rivera, age 51, has served as Senior Vice President of Carver
Federal Savings Bank and President of CCDC since September
2006. Previously, Ms. Bolden-Rivera was the Chief Credit Officer of
CCB where she had been employed since 1995.
Carmelo
Felix, age 57, has served as Senior Vice
President and Director of Audit and Compliance since January
2005. Mr. Felix was previously Deputy General Manager at Korea
Exchange Bank’s Regional Headquarters for the Americas where he was responsible
for the administration of the bank’s Internal Audit Department in the Western
Hemisphere.
Margaret
D. Roberts, age 55, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human
Resources Officer since June 2002 and formerly served as Senior Vice President
and Chief Administrative Officer since October 1999. Ms. Roberts came
to Carver from Deutsche Bank where she had served as a Compensation Planning
Consultant in Corporate Human Resources.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS.
Risk
is
an inherent part of Carver’s business and activities. The following
is a summary of risk factors relevant to the Company’s operations which should
be carefully reviewed. These risk factors do not necessarily appear
in the order of importance.
Changes
in interest rate environment may negatively affect Carver’s net income, mortgage
loan originations and valuation of available-for-sale
securities. The Company’s earnings depend largely
on the relationship between the yield on interest-earning assets, primarily
our
mortgage, construction and business loans and mortgage-backed securities, and
the cost of deposits and borrowings. This relationship, known as the interest
rate spread, is subject to fluctuation and is affected by economic and
competitive factors which influence market interest rates, the volume and mix
of
interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and the level of
non-performing assets. Fluctuations in market interest rates affect customer
demand for products and services. Carver is subject to interest rate
risk to the degree that its interest-bearing liabilities reprice or mature
more
slowly or more rapidly or on a different basis than its interest-earning
assets.
In
addition, the actual amount of time before mortgage, construction and business
loans and mortgage-backed securities are repaid can be significantly impacted
by
changes in mortgage prepayment rates and prevailing market interest
rates. Mortgage prepayment rates will vary due to a number of
factors, including the regional economy in the area where the underlying
mortgages were originated, seasonal factors, demographic variables and the
ability to assume the underlying mortgages. However, the major
factors affecting prepayment rates are prevailing interest rates, related loan
refinancing opportunities and competition.
The
Company’s objective is to fund its liquidity needs primarily through lower
costing deposit growth. However, from time to time Carver Federal
borrows from the FHLB-NY. More recently, the cost of deposits and
borrowings have become significantly higher with the rising interest rate
environment, which has negatively impacted net interest income.
During
fiscal 2007, the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) raised the federal funds
rate two times (a total of 50 basis points). U.S. Treasury yields on
the thirteen week maturities have increased in fiscal 2007 from fiscal 2006
while the five and ten year maturities have decreased. This has
resulted in further flattening and at times inversion of the U.S. Treasury
yield
curve. The Bank’s short-term borrowings, as well as its deposits, are
generally priced relative to short-term U.S. Treasury yields, whereas its
mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities are generally priced relative
to
medium-term (two-to-five years) U.S. Treasury yields. The flattening
or inversion of the yield curve reduces the spread between the yield on our
interest-earning assets and the cost of deposits and borrowings, thereby
reducing net income.
Interest
rates are expected to continue to fluctuate and the Company cannot
predict future FRB actions or other factors that will cause rates
to change.
The
estimated fair value of our available-for-sale securities portfolio may increase
or decrease depending on changes in interest rates. Carver Federal’s
securities portfolio is comprised primarily of adjustable rate
securities. Since interest rates have not risen as fast as in fiscal
2006, there has been an improvement in the valuation of the Bank’s available for
sale securities.
Carver’s
results of operations are affected by economic conditions in the New
York metropolitan area. At March 31, 2007,
a significant portion of the Bank’s lending portfolio was concentrated in the
New York metropolitan area. As a result of this geographic
concentration, Carver’s results of operations are largely dependent on economic
conditions in this area. Decreases in real estate values could
adversely affect the value of property used as collateral for loans to its
borrowers. Adverse changes in the economy caused by inflation,
recession, unemployment or other factors beyond our control may also have a
negative effect on the ability of borrowers to make timely mortgage or business
loan payments, which would have an adverse impact on our
earnings. Consequently, deterioration in economic conditions in the
New York metropolitan area could have a material adverse impact on the quality
of the Bank’s loan portfolio, which could result in increased delinquencies,
decreased interest income results as well as an adverse impact on loan loss
experience with probable increased allowance for loan losses. Such deterioration
also could adversely impact the demand for products and services, and,
accordingly, further negatively affect results of operations.
During
fiscal 2007, the national real estate market in general was somewhat weaker
than
a year ago but continued to support new and existing home sales at albeit
reduced levels. The slowdown in the general housing market is evidenced by
reports of reduced levels of new and existing home sales, increasing inventories
of houses on the market, stagnant to declining property values and an increase
in the length of time houses remain on the market. However, Carver Federal’s
direct local real estate markets exhibit continuing signs of strength, which
appears to be due in part to the limited availability of affordable housing
alternatives in the markets in which Carver Federal operates.
No
assurance can be given that these conditions will improve or will not worsen
or
that such conditions will not result in a decrease in our interest income or
an
adverse impact on our loan losses.
Strong
competition within the Bank’s market areas could hurt expected profits and slow
growth. The New York metropolitan area has a high density of
financial institutions, a number of which are significantly larger than Carver
Federal and with greater financial resources. Additionally, various
large out-of-state financial institutions continue to enter the New York
metropolitan area market. All are considered competitors to varying
degrees.
Carver
Federal faces intense competition both in making loans and attracting deposits.
Competition for loans, both locally and in the aggregate, comes principally
from
mortgage banking companies, commercial banks, savings banks and savings and
loan
associations. Most direct competition for deposits comes from commercial banks,
savings banks, savings and loan associations and credit
unions. The Bank also faces competition for deposits from money
market mutual funds and other corporate and government securities funds as
well
as from other financial intermediaries such as brokerage firms and insurance
companies. Market area competition is a factor in pricing the Bank’s
loans and deposits, which could reduce net interest
income. Competition also makes it more challenging to effectively
grow loan and deposit balances. The Company’s profitability depends upon its
continued ability to successfully compete in its market areas.
The
Bank’s increased emphasis on non-residential and construction real estate
lending may create increased exposure to lending risks. At March 31,
2007, $342.1 million, or 586.1%, of our total loans receivable portfolio
consisted of non-residential and construction real estate loans compared to
$246.6 million, or 49.7%, at March 31, 2006. Non-residential and
construction real estate loans generally involve a greater degree of credit
risk
than one- to four-family loans because they typically have larger balances
and
are more sensitive to changes in the economy. Payments on these
loans often depend upon the successful operation and management of the
underlying properties and the businesses which operate from within them;
repayment of such loans may be affected by factors outside the borrower's
control, such as adverse conditions in the real estate market or the economy
or
changes in government regulation.
The
Bank
has increased the business loan portfolio during fiscal 2007 with the
acquisition of CCB. At March 31, 2007, $52.5 million, or 8.9%, of our
total loans receivable consisted of business loans as compared to $445,000,
or
0.1%, at March 31, 2006. Business loans generally involve a greater
degree of credit risk than one- to four-family loans because they typically
have
larger balances and are more sensitive to changes in the
economy. Payments on these loans often depend upon the
successful operation and management of the underlying business segment and
the
businesses which operate from within them; repayment of such loans may be
affected by factors outside the borrower's control, such as adverse economic
conditions, increased competition or changes in government
regulation.
The
Bank may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisition, and
acquisitions may result in unforeseen integration
difficulties. The Company periodically
explores acquisition opportunities through which it seeks to expand market
share. Recently, the Company acquired CCB to expand its product
line by entering the small business market. The success of the
acquisition will depend on, among other things, Carver Federal’s ability to
realize anticipated cost savings and to combine the businesses of Carver Federal
and CCB in a manner that does not materially disrupt the existing customer
relationships of Carver Federal or CCB or result in decreased revenues from
any
loss of customers. If Carver Federal is not able to successfully achieve these
objectives, the anticipated benefits of the merger may not be realized fully
or
at all or may take longer to realize than expected. In
addition, difficulty in integrating this and any other acquired business may
result in the Company not being able to realize expected revenue increases
and
cost savings, and may cause disruption of its business, and may otherwise
adversely affect its ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of the
acquisition.
Currently,
the Company is on schedule with its CCB integration efforts, and expects to
complete integration by the end of the second quarter of fiscal
2008. It is possible that the integration process could result in the
loss of key employees, the disruption of Carver Federal’s or CCB’s ongoing
businesses or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies
that adversely affect the ability of Carver Federal to maintain relationships
with customers and employees or to achieve the anticipated benefits of the
merger.
The
Bank operates in a highly regulated industry, which limits the manner and scope
of our business activities. Carver
Federal is subject to extensive supervision,
regulation and examination by the OTS, by the FDIC, and, to a lesser extent,
by
the New York State Banking Department. As a result, we are limited in the manner
in which we conduct our business, undertake new investments and activities
and
obtain financing. This regulatory structure is designed primarily for the
protection of the deposit insurance funds and our depositors, and not to benefit
our stockholders. This regulatory structure also gives the regulatory
authorities extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and
enforcement activities and examination policies, including policies with respect
to capital levels, the timing and amount of dividend payments, the
classification of assets and the establishment of adequate loan loss reserves
for regulatory purposes. In addition, we must comply with significant anti-money
laundering and anti-terrorism laws. Government agencies have substantial
discretion to impose significant monetary penalties on institutions which fail
to comply with these laws.
On
October 4, 2006, the OTS and other federal bank regulatory authorities published
the Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risks, or the
Guidance. In general, the Guidance applies to all residential mortgage loan
products that allow borrowers to defer repayment of principal or interest.
The
Guidance describes sound practices for managing risk, as well as marketing,
originating and servicing nontraditional mortgage products, which include,
among
other things, interest-only loans. The Guidance sets forth supervisory
expectations with respect to loan terms and underwriting standards, portfolio
and risk management practices and consumer protection. For example, the Guidance
indicates that originating interest-only loans with reduced documentation is
considered a layering of risk and that institutions are expected to demonstrate
mitigating factors to support their underwriting decision and the borrower’s
repayment capacity. Specifically, the Guidance indicates that a lender may
accept a borrower’s statement as to the borrower’s income without obtaining
verification only if there are mitigating factors that clearly minimize the
need
for direct verification of repayment capacity and that, for many borrowers,
institutions should be able to readily document income.
From
time
to time, we may originate interest-only and interest-only reduced documentation
residential loans. We originate such loans for sale to investors, such as the
Federal National Mortgage Association, known as Fannie Mae. We do not originate
negative amortization or payment option loans. Reduced documentation loans
include stated income, full asset, or SIFA loans; stated income, stated asset,
or SISA loans; and Super Streamline loans. SIFA and SISA loans require a
prospective borrower to complete a standard mortgage loan application while
the
Super Streamline product requires the completion of an abbreviated application
and is in effect considered a “no documentation” loan. Each of these products
requires the receipt of an appraisal of the real estate used as collateral
for
the mortgage loan and a credit report on the prospective borrower. The loans
are
priced according to our internal risk assessment of the loan giving
consideration to the loan-to-value ratio, the potential borrower’s credit scores
and various other credit criteria. SIFA loans require the verification of a
potential borrower’s asset information on the loan application, but not the
income information provided.
We
are
currently evaluating the Guidance to determine our compliance and whether or
not
we need to modify our risk management practices and underwriting guidelines
as
they relate to originations and purchases of the subject loans, or practices
relating to communications with consumers. Therefore, at this time, we cannot
predict the impact the Guidance may have, if any, on our loan origination and
purchase volumes or our underwriting procedures in future periods.
Efforts
to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will involve significant expenditures,
and
non-compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may adversely affect
us. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the related rules
and regulations promulgated by the SEC increase the scope, complexity and
cost
of corporate governance, reporting, and disclosure practice. The
Company has experienced, and expects to continue to experience, greater
compliance costs, including design, testing and audit costs related to internal
controls, as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. For example, under
Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, beginning with Carver’s fiscal year ending March
31, 2008, the Company’s management will be required to issue a report on the
Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, and beginning with
Carver’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, Carver’s management will be required
to file an auditors attestation report on the Company’s internal controls over
financial reporting. The Company expects the implementation of these
new rules and regulations to continue to increase its accounting, legal,
and
other costs, and to make some activities more difficult, time consuming,
and
costly. In the event that the Company is unable to maintain or
achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related rules, Carver’s
profitability and the market price of Carver’s stock may be adversely
affected.
In
addition, the rules adopted as a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could make
it
more difficult or more costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance,
including directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which could make it more
difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our
board
of directors or as executive officers.
Changes
in laws, government regulation and monetary policy may have a material effect
on
our results of operations. Financial institution regulation
has been the subject of significant legislation and may be the subject of
further significant legislation in the future, none of which is in the Company’s
control. Significant new laws or changes in, or repeals of, existing laws,
including with respect to federal and state taxation, may cause results of
operations to differ materially. In addition, cost of compliance could adversely
affect Carver’s ability to operate profitably. Further, federal
monetary policy significantly affects credit conditions for Carver Federal,
particularly as implemented through the Federal Reserve System. A
material change in any of these conditions could have a material impact on
Carver Federal, and therefore on the Company’s results of
operations.
The
Bank’s ability to pay dividends or lend funds to the Company is subject to
regulatory limitations which may prevent the Company from making future dividend
payments or principal and interest payments on its debt
obligation. Carver is a unitary savings and loan
association holding company regulated by the OTS and almost all of its operating
assets are owned by Carver Federal. Carver relies primarily on
dividends from the Bank to pay cash dividends to its stockholders, to engage
in
share repurchase programs and to pay principal and interest on its trust
preferred debt obligation. The OTS regulates all capital distributions by the
Bank to the Company, including dividend payments. As the subsidiary
of a savings and loan association holding company, Carver Federal must file
a
notice or an application (depending on the proposed dividend amount) with the
OTS prior to each capital distribution. The OTS will disallow
any proposed dividend that would result in failure to meet the OTS’ minimum
capital requirements. Based on Carver Federal's current
financial condition, it is not expected that this provision will have any impact
on the Company’s receipt of dividends from the Bank. Payment of
dividends by Carver Federal also may be restricted at any time, at the
discretion of the OTS, if it deems the payment to constitute an unsafe or
unsound banking practice.
Carver
faces system failure risks and security risks. The
computer systems and network infrastructure the Company and its third party
service providers use could be vulnerable to unforeseen
problems. Fire, power loss or other failures may effect Carver’s
computer equipment and other technology, or that of the Company's third party
service providers. Also, the Company’s computer systems and
network infrastructure could be damaged by "hacking" and "identity theft" which
could adversely affect the results of our operations, or that of the Company's
third party service providers.
Our
business could suffer if we fail to retain
skilled people. The Company’s success depends on its ability
to attract and retain key employees reflecting current market opportunities
and
challenges. Competition for the best people is intense, and the Company’s size
and limited resources may present additional challenges in being able to retain
the best possible employees which could adversely affect the results of our
operations.
A
natural disaster could harm Carver’s business. Natural
disasters could harm the Company’s operations directly through interference with
communications, as well as through the destruction of facilities and financial
information systems. Such disasters may also have an impact on collateral
underlying the Bank's loans. The Company may face higher insurance costs
in the event of such disasters.
ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.
Not
Applicable.
ITEM
2. PROPERTIES.
The
Bank
currently conducts its business through one administrative office and ten
branches (including the 125th Street
branch) and
nine additional ATM locations. Carver Federal entered into a license
agreement with Merrill Lynch on March 23, 2007, to operate Investment Centers
at
the Bank’s Malcolm X Boulevard and Atlantic Terminal branches but does not share
any other owned or leased spaces with any other businesses. The
following table sets forth certain information regarding Carver Federal’s
offices and other material properties at March 31, 2007. The Bank
believes that such facilities are suitable and adequate for its operational
needs.
Lease
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Year
|
Owned
or
|
Expiration
|
%
Space
|
Net
Book
|
||||||||||||||||
Branches
|
Address
|
City/State
|
Opened
|
Leased
|
Date
|
Utilized
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||
Main
Office
|
75
West 125th Street
|
New
York, NY
|
1996
|
Owned
|
n/a
|
100 | % | $ |
7,566
|
|||||||||||
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Branch
|
1281
Fulton Street
|
Brooklyn,
NY
|
1989
|
Owned
|
n/a
|
70 | % |
1,491
|
||||||||||||
Crown
Heights Branch
|
1009-1015
Nostrand Avenue
|
Brooklyn,
NY
|
1975
|
Owned
|
n/a
|
100 | % |
514
|
||||||||||||
St
Albans Branch
|
115-02
Merrick Boulevard
|
Jamaica,
NY
|
1996
|
Leased
|
02/2011
|
75 | % |
404
|
||||||||||||
Malcolm
X Blvd. Branch
|
142
Malcolm X Boulevard
|
New
York, NY
|
2001
|
Leased
|
04/2011
|
100 | % |
583
|
||||||||||||
Jamaica
Center Branch
|
158-45
Archer Avenue
|
Jamaica,
New York
|
2003
|
Leased
|
07/2018
|
100 | % |
916
|
||||||||||||
Atlantic
Terminal Branch
|
4
Hanson Place
|
Brooklyn,
NY
|
2004
|
Leased
|
07/2014
|
100 | % |
1,194
|
||||||||||||
Bradhurst
Branch
|
300
West 145 Street
|
New
York, NY
|
2004
|
Leased
|
12/2009
|
100 | % |
366
|
||||||||||||
Livingston
Branch
|
111
Livingston Street
|
Brooklyn,
NY
|
2004
|
Leased
|
01/2015
|
100 | % |
375
|
||||||||||||
Sunset
Park Branch
|
140
58th Street
|
Brooklyn,
NY
|
2004
|
Leased
|
10/2010
|
100 | % |
491
|
||||||||||||
ATM
Centers
|
||||||||||||||||||||
West
125th Street
|
503
West 125th Street
|
New
York, NY
|
2003
|
Leased
|
03/2013
|
100 | % |
158
|
||||||||||||
West
137th Street
|
601
West 137th Street
|
New
York, NY
|
2003
|
Leased
|
10/2013
|
100 | % |
141
|
||||||||||||
Hanson
Place
|
1
Hanson Place
|
New
York, NY
|
2004
|
Leased
|
07/2009
|
100 | % |
32
|
||||||||||||
5th
Avenue
|
1400
5th Avenue
|
New
York, NY
|
2004
|
Leased
|
08/2013
|
100 | % |
155
|
||||||||||||
Fulton
Street
|
1950
Fulton Street
|
New
York, NY
|
2005
|
Leased
|
01/2010
|
100 | % |
208
|
||||||||||||
Atlantic
Avenue
|
625
Atlantic Avenue
|
New
York, NY
|
2003
|
Leased
|
10/2013
|
100 | % |
32
|
||||||||||||
ATM
Machines*
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Bedford
Avenue
|
Bedford
Avenue
|
New
York, NY
|
||||||||||||||||||
1150
Carroll Street
|
1150
Carroll Street
|
New
York, NY
|
||||||||||||||||||
Air Train | 93-40 Sutphin Boulevard | Jamaica, NY |
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
OFFICE PROPERTIES & EQUIPMENT, NET
|
$ |
14,626
|
*
Stand
alone ATMs, not under real estate lease agreements
The
net
book value of Carver Federal’s investment in premises and equipment
totaled $14.6 million at March 31, 2007.
ITEM
3. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS.
From
time
to time, Carver Federal is a party to various legal proceedings incident to
its
business. Certain claims, suits, complaints and investigations
involving Carver Federal, arising in the ordinary course of business, have
been
filed or are pending. The Company is of the opinion, after discussion
with legal counsel representing Carver Federal in these proceedings, that the
aggregate liability or loss, if any, arising from the ultimate disposition
of
these matters would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
consolidated financial position or results of operations. At March
31, 2007, there were no material legal proceedings to which the Company or
its
subsidiaries was a party or to which any of their property was
subject.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS.
During
the quarter ended March 31, 2007, no matters were submitted to a vote of our
security holders through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise.
PART
II
ITEM
5.
|
MARKET
FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY
SECURITIES.
|
The
Holding Company’s common stock is listed on the American Stock Exchange under
the symbol “CNY.” As of June 15, 2007, there were 2,507,985 shares of
the common stock outstanding, held by 1,013 stockholders of
record. The following table shows the high and low per share sales
prices of the common stock and the dividends declared for the quarters
indicated.
High
|
Low
|
Dividend
|
High
|
Low
|
Dividend
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Fiscal
Year 2007
|
Fiscal
Year 2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
June
30, 2006
|
$ |
18.06
|
$ |
16.35
|
$ |
0.09
|
June
30, 2005
|
$ |
18.75
|
$ |
16.90
|
$ |
0.08
|
||||||||||||
September
30, 2006
|
$ |
18.12
|
$ |
16.40
|
$ |
0.09
|
September
30, 2005
|
$ |
17.35
|
$ |
16.30
|
$ |
0.08
|
||||||||||||
December
31, 2006
|
$ |
16.86
|
$ |
15.25
|
$ |
0.09
|
December
31, 2005
|
$ |
16.70
|
$ |
15.00
|
$ |
0.08
|
||||||||||||
March
31, 2007
|
$ |
16.98
|
$ |
15.50
|
$ |
0.09
|
March
31, 2006
|
$ |
17.32
|
$ |
15.00
|
$ |
0.08
|
The
Board
formerly paid dividends on an annual basis and initially established the payment
of a quarterly dividend to common shareholders on January 9,
2003. Subsequently, each quarter the Board meets to decide on the
amount per share to be declared. On May 30, 2007, the Holding
Company’s Board of Directors declared a $0.09 cash dividend to shareholders for
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, this represents a $0.04 per share increase
from the $0.05 paid at inception of the Board establishing payment of a
quarterly dividend in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003.
Under
OTS
regulations, the Bank will not be permitted to pay dividends to the Holding
Company on its capital stock if its regulatory capital would be reduced below
applicable regulatory capital requirements or if its stockholders’ equity would
be reduced below the amount required to be maintained for the liquidation
account, which was established in connection with the Bank’s conversion to stock
form. The OTS capital distribution regulations applicable to savings
institutions (such as the Bank) that meet their regulatory capital requirements
permit, after not less than 30 days prior notice to the OTS, capital
distributions during a calendar year that do not exceed the Bank’s net income
for that year plus its retained net income for the prior two
years. For information concerning the Bank’s liquidation account, see
Note 10 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Unlike
the Bank, the Holding Company is not subject to OTS regulatory restrictions
on
the payment of dividends to its stockholders, although the source of such
dividends will be dependent, in part, upon capital distributions from the
Bank. The Holding Company is subject to the requirements of Delaware
law, which generally limit dividends to an amount equal to the excess of the
net
assets of the Company (the amount by which total assets exceed total
liabilities) over its statutory capital, or if there is no such excess, to
its
net profits for the current and/or immediately preceding fiscal
year.
On
August
6, 2002 the Holding Company announced a stock repurchase program to repurchase
up to 231,635 shares of its outstanding common stock. To date,
113,474 shares of its common stock have been repurchased in open market
transactions at an average price of $16.85 per share. The Holding
Company intends to use repurchased shares to fund its stock-based benefit and
compensation plans and for any other purpose the Board deems advisable in
compliance with applicable law. The following table provides detail
of common stock repurchases made by the Holding Company during the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2007.
Total
Number
|
Maximum
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
|
of
Shares
|
Number
of Shares
|
||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Average
|
Purchased
as part
|
that
May Yet Be
|
|||||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
Paid
|
of
Publicly
|
Purchased
Under
|
|||||||||||||
Purchased
|
per
Share
|
Announced
Plan
|
the
Plan
|
|||||||||||||
January
1, 2007 through January 31, 2007
|
1,900
|
$ |
16.42
|
1,900
|
126,461
|
|||||||||||
February
1, 2007 through February 28, 2007
|
1,500
|
$ |
16.30
|
1,500
|
124,961
|
|||||||||||
March
1, 2007 through March 31, 2007
|
3,900
|
$ |
16.27
|
3,900
|
121,061
|
|||||||||||
7,300
|
$ |
16.32
|
7,300
|
Carver
has four equity compensation
plans:
(1)
The
Management Recognition Plan (“MRP”) which provides for automatic grants of
restricted stock to certain employees as of the date the plan became effective
in June of 1995. Additionally, the MRP makes provision for added
discretionary grants of restricted stock to those employees and non-employee
directors so selected by the Compensation Committee of the Board who administers
the plan. There are no shares available for grant under the
MRP.
(2)
The
Incentive Compensation Plan (“ICP”) provides for grants of cash bonuses,
restricted stock and stock options to the employees selected by the Compensation
Committee. Carver terminated this plan in 2006 and there are no
grants outstanding under it.
(3)
The
1995 Stock Option Plan provides for automatic option grants to certain employees
and directors as of the date the plan became effective in September of 1995,
and
like the MRP, also makes provision for added discretionary option grants to
those employees so selected by the Compensation Committee. The 1995
Stock Option Plan expired in 2005, however, options are still outstanding under
this plan.
(4)
The
2006 Stock Incentive Plan became effective in September of 2006 and provides
for
discretionary option grants, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock
to
those employees and directors so selected by the Compensation
Committee.
Additional
information regarding Carver’s equity compensation plans is incorporated by
reference from the section entitled “Securities Authorized for Issuance Under
Equity Compensation Plans” in the Proxy Statement.
Stock
Performance Graph
ITEM
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
The
following selected consolidated financial and other data is as of and for the
years ended March 31 and is derived in part from, and should be read in
conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related
notes (dollars in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||||||
Selected
Financial Condition Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Assets
|
$ |
739,952
|
$ |
661,396
|
$ |
626,377
|
$ |
538,830
|
$ |
509,845
|
||||||||||
Loans
held-for-sale
|
23,226
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
loans receivable, net
|
580,551
|
493,432
|
421,987
|
351,900
|
292,738
|
|||||||||||||||
Securities
|
67,117
|
108,286
|
149,335
|
139,877
|
165,585
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
17,350
|
22,904
|
20,420
|
22,774
|
23,160
|
|||||||||||||||
Deposits
|
615,122
|
504,638
|
455,870
|
375,519
|
349,066
|
|||||||||||||||
Borrowed
funds
|
61,093
|
93,792
|
115,299
|
104,282
|
108,996
|
|||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
51,627
|
48,697
|
45,801
|
44,645
|
41,073
|
|||||||||||||||
Number
of deposit accounts
|
46,034
|
41,614
|
40,199
|
38,578
|
41,220
|
|||||||||||||||
Number
of branches
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
6
|
5
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating
Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
$ |
41,740
|
$ |
32,385
|
$ |
28,546
|
$ |
26,234
|
$ |
27,390
|
||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
19,234
|
13,493
|
9,758
|
8,700
|
8,983
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
interest income before provision for loan losses
|
22,506
|
18,892
|
18,788
|
17,534
|
18,407
|
|||||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
276
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
|
22,230
|
18,892
|
18,788
|
17,534
|
18,407
|
|||||||||||||||
Non-interest
income
|
2,869
|
5,341
|
4,075
|
5,278
|
3,161
|
|||||||||||||||
Non-interest
expenses
|
23,339
|
19,134
|
18,696
|
15,480
|
14,704
|
|||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
1,760
|
5,099
|
4,167
|
7,332
|
6,864
|
|||||||||||||||
Income
tax (benefit) expense
|
(823 | ) |
1,329
|
1,518
|
2,493
|
3,033
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,649
|
$ |
4,839
|
$ |
3,831
|
||||||||||
Basic
earnings per common share
|
$ |
1.03
|
$ |
1.50
|
$ |
1.06
|
$ |
2.03
|
$ |
1.59
|
||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per common share
|
$ |
1.00
|
$ |
1.45
|
$ |
1.03
|
$ |
1.87
|
$ |
1.52
|
||||||||||
Cash
dividends per common share
|
$ |
0.35
|
$ |
0.31
|
$ |
0.26
|
$ |
0.20
|
$ |
0.10
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Selected
Statistical Data:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Return
on average assets (1)
|
0.37 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.45 | % | 0.93 | % |
0.83
|
% | ||||||||||
Return
on average equity (2)
|
5.23
|
7.93
|
5.80
|
11.40
|
9.77
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
interest margin (3)
|
3.44
|
2.97
|
3.41
|
3.56
|
4.26
|
|||||||||||||||
Average
interest rate spread (4)
|
3.16
|
3.18
|
3.26
|
3.40
|
4.08
|
|||||||||||||||
Efficiency
ratio (5)
|
91.98
|
78.96
|
81.77
|
67.86
|
68.18
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating
expense to average assets (6)
|
3.34
|
3.04
|
3.21
|
2.97
|
3.18
|
|||||||||||||||
Average
equity to average assets
|
6.98
|
7.54
|
7.84
|
8.13
|
8.48
|
|||||||||||||||
Dividend
payout ratio (7)
|
34.04
|
20.63
|
24.64
|
9.86
|
3.19
|
|||||||||||||||
Asset
Quality Ratios:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Non-performing
assets to total assets (8)
|
0.61 | % | 0.42 | % | 0.16 | % | 0.39 | % |
0.36
|
% | ||||||||||
Non-performing
loans to total loans receivable (8)
|
0.74
|
0.55
|
0.23
|
0.60
|
0.61
|
|||||||||||||||
Allowance
for loan losses to total loans receivable
|
0.89
|
0.81
|
0.96
|
1.16
|
1.40
|
(1)
|
Net
income divided by average total
assets.
|
(2)
|
Net
income divided by average total
equity.
|
(3)
|
Net
interest income divided by average interest-earning
assets.
|
(4)
|
The
difference between the weighted average yield on interest-earning
assets
and the weighted average cost of interest-bearing
liabilities.
|
(5)
|
Non-interest
expense divided by the sum of net interest income and non-interest
income.
|
(6)
|
Non-interest
expense less real estate owned expenses, divided by average total
assets.
|
(7)
|
Dividends
paid to common stockholders as a percentage of net income available
to
common stockholders.
|
(8)
|
Non-performing
assets consist of non-accrual loans, loans accruing 90 days or more
past
due, and property acquired in settlement of
loans.
|
ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
The
following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our
Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
presented elsewhere in this report. The Company’s results of
operations are significantly affected by general economic and competitive
conditions, particularly changes in market interest rates, government policies,
changes in accounting standards and actions of regulatory agencies.
Executive
Summary
Carver
Bancorp, Inc. is a savings and loan holding company organized under the laws
of
the state of Delaware. Carver is committed to providing
superior customer service while offering a range of banking products and
financial services to our retail and commercial customers. The
Holding Company’s primary subsidiary is Carver Federal Savings Bank, which
operates from ten branches in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn
and Queens.
Merger
with Community Capital Bank
In
addition to increasing the number of branches, ATM locations and other steps
to
grow organically, Carver actively pursues acquisition opportunities that are
in
markets consistent with its urban niche and that Carver believes will increase
the Bank’s long-term shareholder value. On September 29, 2006,
the Bank acquired CCB, a Brooklyn-based New York State chartered commercial
bank
with approximately $165.4 million in assets and two branches in a cash
transaction of $11.1 million. Under the terms of the
merger agreement, CCB’s shareholders were paid $40.00 per outstanding share
(including options which immediately vested with the consummation of the merger)
and the Bank incurred an additional $879,000 in transaction costs related to
this acquisition. The combined entity is operating under Carver
Federal’s thrift charter and Carver Federal continues to be supervised by the
OTS. The transaction, which was accounted for under the purchase
accounting method, included the recognition of approximately $760,000 of
identifiable intangible assets, or core deposit intangibles, and excess of
purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets (“goodwill”) of
$5.1 million. At March 31, 2007 goodwill increased to $5.7 million due to
additional purchase accounting adjustments for deferred taxes and prepaid
expenses. The goodwill and intangible assets from this transaction
are not deductible for tax purposes. During the second quarter of fiscal year
2007, the Bank accrued $1.3 million in certain merger related expenses
associated with the acquisition including severance, early vendor contract
termination fees, and systems integration and conversion fees.
By
providing Carver with a commercial banking platform, the transaction with CCB
better positions the Bank to capitalize on a densely populated small business
market and the growing affluence of its local market. The commercial
banking platform has the potential to boost earnings and fees from lending
and
deposit accounts because small business loans are typically higher yielding
than
the Bank’s traditional real estate mortgage loans and small business core
deposit accounts typically generate higher fee income than retail
accounts. Carver is on track in its CCB integration
efforts. Carver expects to generate cost efficiencies from the CCB
acquisition, of which some or all may be reinvested into initiatives to enhance
the small business platform and the long-term growth prospects for the
Company.
Fiscal
2007
Fiscal
2007 was a challenging and exciting year for the Company. The Bank
achieved significant growth in its asset base through the acquisition of CCB,
an
award-winning small business lender. The Company also announced a
strategic alliance with Merrill Lynch & Co., whereby Merrill Lynch will
provide Carver customers access to wealth management financial advice and
products. The changing demographics and growing affluence of the
Bank’s local market areas drove the Company’s decision to align with a global
player in investment products capable of providing its customers with financial
advice and the broadest array of products.
The
interest rate environment continued to be extremely challenging in fiscal
2007. The Federal Reserve raised short term interest rates during the
fiscal year by 50 basis points, and 200 basis points during the fiscal
2006. The increase in short-term rates was greater than that of
long-term rates, and the result was a yield curve that was flat and at times
inverted. The shape of the yield curve resulted in compression in net
interest margins in the entire industry, which also affected the Bank’s net
interest margin. To combat the impact of net interest margin
compression, the Bank not only continued its asset liability management strategy
of replacing securities as they run off with higher yielding mortgage
loans and replacing higher costing borrowings with lower costing deposits;
in
addition, during September 2006, the Bank accelerated its asset liability
management strategy and executed a series of transactions designed to hasten
the
repositioning and deleveraging of the Bank’s balance sheet. The Bank
sold $47.1 million in lower yielding investments and used the proceeds to repay
certain higher cost deposits and borrowings. In addition, the Bank
transferred approximately $23.1 million of primarily one- to four-family
interest-only loans from held-for-investment to held-for-sale with the intention
of liquidating the loans and using the proceeds to reduce borrowings
further. As a result of the transfer, the Bank recognized a
$1.3 million pre-tax charge during the quarter ending September 30,
2006.
In
fiscal
2007, the Bank experienced growth over fiscal 2006 in its core business with
increases in its total loan portfolio and deposits, primarily resulting from
the
acquisition of CCB. Despite a weakening real estate market in many
parts of the United States, local real estate markets remained strong and
continued to support Carver’s ability to increase its loan portfolio
notwithstanding loan repayments that remained relatively high and consistent
with fiscal 2006 levels. Growth in construction, commercial mortgage
and business loans, primarily the result of the CCB acquisition, were partially
offset by declines in one- to four-family and multifamily residential loans
during fiscal 2007. Declines in one- to four-family and multifamily
residential loans are consistent with the Bank’s focus on relatively higher
yielding loans that pass the Bank’s underwriting standards. Growth in
checking, money market and certificates of deposits, primarily the result of
the
CCB acquisition, were partially offset by a modest decline in savings and club
deposits during fiscal 2007. Because of the Bank’s decision to repay
some of its maturing higher cost deposits, total deposits would have decreased
in 2007 but for the CCB acquisition. Securities and borrowings
portfolios decreased during fiscal 2007, which is consistent with the Company’s
strategy to reduce the lower yielding securities and invest in higher yielding
mortgages and loans.
In
June
2006, Carver Federal was selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury to receive
an allocation of $59.0 million in New Markets Tax Credits. The NMTC award is
used stimulate economic development in low- to moderate-income
communities. The NMTC award enables the Bank to invest with community
and development partners in economic development projects with attractive terms
including, in some cases, below market interest rates, which may have the effect
of attracting capital to underserved communities and facilitating the
revitalization of the community, pursuant to the goals of the NMTC
program. The NMTC program provides a credit to Carver Federal against
federal income taxes when the Bank makes qualified investments. The
credits are allocated over seven years from the time of the qualified
investment. During the seven year period, assuming the Bank meets
compliance requirements, the Bank will receive 39% of the invested award amount
(5% over each of three years, and 6% over each of four years). The
NMTC award allows the Bank to invest with community and development partners
in
local economic development projects on terms that are attractive to the Bank
and
its partners, as a substantial portion of the award benefit is captured by
the
community through the economic development activity and the favorable terms
of
the investment. The Bank’s NMTC award began in December 2006 when the
Bank invested $29.5 million, one-half of its $59.0 million
award. During fiscal 2007, the Bank recognized $1.5 million in tax
benefits related to the NMTC award.
Asset
quality remained solid in fiscal 2007 notwithstanding the Bank’s loan portfolio
growth and diversification into small business lending. The Company
believes that the Bank’s loan loss provision recorded in fiscal 2007 and the
Bank’s allowance for loan losses are adequate.
Expenses
increased in fiscal 2007, primarily as a result of the acquisition of CCB and
the related operating and merger related expenses, and costs associated with
the
Bank’s balance sheet repositioning. In addition, investments in
growth initiatives such as recently opened branch and ATM locations, new product
offerings, and marketing efforts contributed to the Bank’s expense
position. When combined, these expenses resulted in a substantial
increase in the Bank’s efficiency ratio. Some of the expenses, such
as the merger related expenses and costs associated with the Bank’s balance
sheet repositioning, are non-recurring items and will not have an on-going
impact on the Bank’s expenses. The Bank expects to realize
efficiencies from the CCB acquisition, some or all of which may be reinvested
into the business to enhance the Company’s long-term growth prospects; and, as
the recently opened branches and ATM locations become more seasoned, the Bank
expects greater revenue contributions, which should have the effect of
mitigating the impact of expenses on the Bank’s efficiency ratio.
On
March
1, 2007, the Company filed an amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended March 31, 2006, to reflect the restatement of its
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Refer to Item 9A for more
details.
Fiscal
2008
The
outlook for fiscal 2008 reflects many of the economic and competitive factors
that the Bank and the banking industry faced in fiscal 2007. As a
result, we expect the operating environment to remain challenging.
In
this
challenging climate, the Bank will continue to focus on growth in its
traditional businesses, namely the expansion of real estate loans and retail
deposits. In addition, the recent acquisition of CCB expands the
Bank’s core business and the Bank expects to accelerate its penetration into new
commercial banking opportunities as noted above. The Bank expects its
new business and marketing efforts to core customer groups including small
business owners, landlords, and churches and other non-profits to drive the
Bank’s deposit gathering success. New products introduced in fiscal
2007, including a lock-box service for landlords to collect rental payments,
a
checking overdraft line of credit (in an effort to continue building our
checking account deposit base) and participation in the Certificate of Deposit
Account Registry Services program to more efficiently address the collateral
needs of large balance depositors, are expected to gain
momentum. With the recent acquisition of CCB, Carver Federal is
positioned to aggressively pursue business operating deposit
accounts.
The
Bank
believes the efforts of its enhanced stable of lending officers will benefit
from the continued strength of the local economy. Loan originations
and the purchase mortgage market, combined with the anticipated reduced level
of
loan prepayments, should result in continued strong loan portfolio growth in
fiscal 2008. The Bank introduced sub-prime and jumbo mortgages,
primarily for sale in the secondary market, in fiscal 2007 to address the needs
of prospective borrowers with modest credit issues. Management
believes that a responsible lending program coupled with consumer education
efforts makes these products important components of the Bank’s product line,
while providing fee income for the Bank because most sub-prime and jumbo
mortgages are immediately sold following underwriting. The Bank will
further emphasize promotion of these products in fiscal 2008 in an effort to
further fuel fee income growth. As discussed above, the Bank will
target small businesses to add attractive loan and deposit accounts, and
continue its focus on originating and purchasing primarily commercial real
estate and construction loans for portfolio. Carver Federal expects
to increase core deposits as well as loan balances, thereby increasing net
interest margin and fee income. If a continued flat or inverted U.S.
Treasury yield curve persists, the Bank may continue to utilize a portion of
the
cash flow generated by operations and loan repayments to reduce its securities
and borrowing portfolios, thereby limiting asset growth.
Furthermore,
Carver expects to remain competitive in contests for resources from the public
sector to extend the Bank’s reach, notwithstanding a field of competitors that
includes banks with substantially greater resources than
Carver. Carver believes its proven ability to deliver mainstream
financial products and services in historically underserved markets well
positions the Bank to compete for such public sector award
competitions.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Various
elements of our accounting policies, by their nature, are inherently subject
to
estimation techniques, valuation assumptions and other subjective
assessments. Our policy with respect to the methodologies used to
determine the allowance for loan losses is our most critical accounting
policy. This policy is important to the presentation of our financial
condition and results of operations, and it involves a higher degree of
complexity and requires management to make difficult and subjective judgments,
which often require assumptions or estimates about highly uncertain
matters. The use of different judgments, assumptions and estimates
could result in material differences in our results of operations or financial
condition.
See
Note
1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our
critical accounting policies including those related to allowance for loan
losses, and an explanation of the methods and assumptions underlying their
application.
Asset/Liability
Management
Net
interest income, the primary component of Carver Federal’s net income, is
determined by the difference or “spread” between the yield earned on
interest-earning assets and the rates paid on its interest-bearing liabilities
and the relative amounts of such assets and liabilities. Because
Carver Federal’s interest-bearing liabilities consist primarily of shorter term
deposit accounts, Carver Federal’s interest rate spread can be adversely
affected by changes in general interest rates if its interest-earning assets
are
not sufficiently sensitive to changes in interest rates. The Bank has
sought to reduce its exposure to changes in interest rates by more closely
matching the effective maturities and repricing periods of its interest-earning
assets and interest-bearing liabilities through a variety of strategies,
including the origination and purchase of adjustable-rate mortgage loans for
its
portfolio, investment in adjustable-rate mortgage-backed securities and
shorter-term investment securities and the sale of all long term fixed-rate
mortgage loans originated into the secondary market.
Discussion
of Market Risk—Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis
As
a
financial institution, the Bank’s primary component of market risk is interest
rate volatility. Fluctuations in interest rates will ultimately
impact both the level of income and expense recorded on a large portion of
the
Bank’s assets and liabilities, and the market value of all interest-earning
assets, other than those which are short term in maturity. Since
virtually all of the Company’s interest-bearing assets and liabilities are held
by the Bank, most of the Company’s interest rate risk exposure is retained by
the Bank. As a result, all significant interest rate risk management
procedures are performed at the Bank. Based upon the Bank’s nature of
operations, the Bank is not subject to foreign currency exchange or commodity
price risk. The Bank does not own any trading assets.
Carver
Federal seeks to manage its interest rate risk by monitoring and controlling
the
variation in repricing intervals between its assets and
liabilities. To a lesser extent, Carver Federal also monitors its
interest rate sensitivity by analyzing the estimated changes in market value
of
its assets and liabilities assuming various interest rate
scenarios. As discussed more fully below, there are a variety of
factors that influence the repricing characteristics of any given asset or
liability.
The
matching of assets and liabilities may be analyzed by examining the extent
to
which such assets and liabilities are “interest rate sensitive” and by
monitoring an institution’s interest rate sensitivity gap. An asset
or liability is said to be interest rate sensitive within a specific period
if
it will mature or reprice within that period. The interest rate
sensitivity gap is defined as the difference between the amount of
interest-earning assets maturing or repricing within a specific period of time
and the amount of interest-bearing liabilities maturing or repricing within
that
same time period. A gap is considered positive when the amount of
interest rate sensitive assets exceeds the amount of interest rate sensitive
liabilities and is considered negative when the amount of interest rate
sensitive liabilities exceeds the amount of interest rate sensitive
assets. Generally, during a period of falling interest rates, a
negative gap could result in an increase in net interest income, while a
positive gap could adversely affect net interest income. Conversely,
during a period of rising interest rates a negative gap could adversely affect
net interest income, while a positive gap could result in an increase in net
interest income. As illustrated below, Carver Federal had a negative
one-year gap equal to 13.96% of total rate sensitive assets at March 31,
2007. As a result, Carver Federal’s net interest income could be
negatively affected by rising interest rates and positively affected by falling
interest rates.
The
following table sets forth information regarding the projected maturities,
prepayments and repricing of the major rate-sensitive asset and liability
categories of Carver Federal as of March 31, 2007. Maturity repricing
dates have been projected by applying estimated prepayment rates based on the
current rate environment. The information presented in the following
table is derived in part from data incorporated in “Schedule CMR: Consolidated
Maturity and Rate,” which is part of the Bank’s quarterly reports filed with the
OTS. The repricing and other assumptions are not necessarily
representative of the Bank’s actual results. Classifications of items
in the table below are different from those presented in other tables and the
financial statements and accompanying notes included herein and do not reflect
non-performing loans. (dollars in thousands):
<
3 Mos.
|
4-12
Mos.
|
1-3
Yrs.
|
3-5
Yrs.
|
5-10
Yrs.
|
10+
Yrs.
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Rate
Sensitive Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loans
|
199,554
|
85,197
|
109,408
|
116,888
|
28,577
|
64,153
|
603,777
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage
Backed Securities
|
-
|
146
|
20,218
|
16,673
|
2,048
|
-
|
39,086
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Federal
Funds Sold
|
1,300
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,300
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Investment
Securities
|
1,749
|
4,863
|
11,047
|
-
|
10,830
|
2,280
|
30,768
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest-earning assets
|
202,604
|
90,205
|
140,673
|
133,562
|
41,455
|
66,433
|
674,931
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Rate
Sensitive Liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOW
accounts
|
2,224
|
2,566
|
6,157
|
5,220
|
6,903
|
5,839
|
28,910
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Savings
Accounts
|
10,615
|
12,246
|
29,384
|
24,911
|
32,941
|
27,863
|
137,960
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Money
market accounts
|
3,616
|
4,171
|
10,009
|
8,486
|
11,221
|
9,492
|
46,996
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Certificate
of Deposits
|
119,670
|
178,173
|
36,523
|
13,388
|
-
|
-
|
347,753
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings
|
14,800
|
30,817
|
15,276
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
60,893
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest-bearing liabilities
|
150,925
|
227,973
|
97,349
|
52,005
|
51,065
|
43,194
|
622,511
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Sensitivity Gap
|
51,678
|
(137,767 | ) |
43,324
|
81,557
|
(9,610 | ) |
23,238
|
52,420
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
Interest Sensitivity Gap
|
$ |
51,678
|
$ | (86,089 | ) | $ | (42,765 | ) | $ |
38,792
|
$ |
29,182
|
$ |
52,420
|
||||||||||||||
Ratio
of Cumulative Gap to Total Rate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sensitive
assets
|
7.66 | % | -12.76 | % | -6.34 | % | 5.75 | % | 4.32 | % | 7.77 | % |
The
table
above assumes that fixed maturity deposits are not withdrawn prior to maturity
and that transaction accounts will decay as disclosed in the table
above.
Certain
shortcomings are inherent in the method of analysis presented in the table
above. Although certain assets and liabilities may have similar
maturities or periods of repricing, they may react in different degrees to
changes in the market interest rates. The interest rates on certain
types of assets and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market
interest rates, while rates on other types of assets and liabilities may lag
behind changes in market interest rates. Certain assets, such as
adjustable-rate mortgages, generally have features that restrict changes in
interest rates on a short-term basis and over the life of the
asset. In the event of a change in interest rates, prepayments and
early withdrawal levels would likely deviate significantly from those assumed
in
calculating the table. Additionally, credit risk may increase as many
borrowers may experience an inability to service their debt in the event of
a
rise in interest rate. Virtually all of the adjustable-rate loans in
Carver Federal’s portfolio contain conditions that restrict the periodic change
in interest rate.
Net
Portfolio Value (“NPV”) Analysis. As part of its efforts to
maximize net interest income while managing risks associated with changing
interest rates, management also uses the NPV methodology. NPV is the
present value of expected net cash flows from existing assets less the present
value of expected cash flows from existing liabilities plus the present value
of
net expected cash inflows from existing financial derivatives and
off-balance-sheet contracts.
Under
this methodology, interest rate risk exposure is assessed by reviewing the
estimated changes in NPV that would hypothetically occur if interest
rates rapidly rise or fall along the yield curve. Projected values of
NPV at both higher and lower regulatory defined rate scenarios are compared
to
base case values (no change in rates) to determine the sensitivity to changing
interest rates.
Presented
below, as of March 31, 2007, is an analysis of the Bank’s interest rate risk as
measured by changes in NPV for instantaneous and sustained parallel shifts
of
100 basis points in market interest rates. Such limits have been
established with consideration of the impact of various rate changes and the
Bank’s current capital position. The Bank considers its level of
interest rate risk for fiscal 2007, as measured by changes in NPV, to be
“minimal”. The information set forth below relates solely to the
Bank; however, because virtually all of the Company’s interest rate risk
exposure lies at the Bank level, management believes the table below also
similarly reflects an analysis of the Company’s interest rate risk (dollars in
thousands):
Change
in Rate
|
$
Amount
|
$
Change
|
%
Change
|
NPV
Ratio
|
Change
|
||||||||||||
+300
bp
|
70,050
|
-25,205
|
-26 | % | 9.50 | % |
-289
bp
|
||||||||||
+200
bp
|
78,751
|
-16,504
|
-17 | % | 10.53 | % |
-187
bp
|
||||||||||
+100
bp
|
87,260
|
-7,995
|
-8 | % | 11.51 | % |
-
89 bp
|
||||||||||
0
bp
|
95,255
|
--
|
--
|
12.40 | % |
--
bp
|
|||||||||||
(100)
bp
|
103,264
|
8,009
|
8 | % | 13.26 | % |
87
bp
|
||||||||||
(200)
bp
|
110,730
|
15,475
|
16 | % | 14.05 | % |
165
bp
|
March
31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Risk
Measures: +200 BP Rate Shock:
|
||||||||
Pre-Shock
NPV Ratio: NPV as % of PV of Assets
|
12.40% | 12.81% | ||||||
Post-Shock
NPV Ratio
|
10.53% | 11.43% | ||||||
Sensitivity
Measure: Decline in NPV Ratio
|
187
bp
|
138
bp
|
Certain
shortcomings are inherent in the methodology used in the above interest rate
risk measurements. Modeling changes in NPV require the making of
certain assumptions, which may or may not reflect the manner in which actual
yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. In this
regard, the NPV table presented assumes that the composition of Carver Federal’s
interest sensitive assets and liabilities existing at the beginning of a period
remains constant over the period being measured and also assumes that a
particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield
curve regardless of the duration to maturity or repricing of specific assets
and
liabilities. Accordingly, although the NPV table provides an
indication of Carver Federal’s interest rate risk exposure at a particular point
in time, such measurements are not intended to and do not provide a precise
forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on Carver Federal’s
net interest income and may differ from actual results.
Average
Balance, Interest and Average Yields and Rates
The
following table sets forth certain information relating to Carver Federal’s
average interest-earning assets and average interest-bearing liabilities and
related yields for the year ended March 31. The table also presents
information for the years indicated with respect to the difference between
the
weighted average yield earned on interest-earning assets and the weighted
average rate paid on interest-bearing liabilities, or “interest rate spread,”
which savings institutions have traditionally used as an indicator of
profitability. Another indicator of an institution’s profitability is
its “net interest margin,” which is its net interest income divided by the
average balance of interest-earning assets. Net interest income is
affected by the interest rate spread and by the relative amounts of
interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. When
interest-earning assets approximate or exceed interest-bearing liabilities,
any
positive interest rate spread will generate net interest income (dollars in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Earning Assets:
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Yield/Cost
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Yield/Cost
|
Balance
|
Interest
|
Yield/Cost
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loans
(1)
|
$ |
558,058
|
$ |
37,278
|
6.68 | % | $ |
443,461
|
$ |
26,563
|
5.99 | % | $ |
384,916
|
$ |
22,940
|
5.96 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Investment
securities (2)
|
64,682
|
2,877
|
4.45 | % |
25,698
|
971
|
3.78 | % |
29,547
|
827
|
2.80 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
27,161
|
1,325
|
4.88 | % |
113,574
|
4,439
|
3.91 | % |
125,643
|
4,605
|
3.67 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fed
funds sold
|
5,145
|
261
|
5.07 | % |
12,166
|
412
|
3.39 | % |
10,724
|
174
|
1.62 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest earning assets
|
655,046
|
41,741
|
6.37 | % |
594,899
|
32,385
|
5.44 | % |
550,830
|
28,546
|
5.18 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest
earning assets
|
44,576
|
35,198
|
31,677
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ |
699,622
|
$ |
630,097
|
$ |
582,507
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Bearing Liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposits
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOW
demand
|
$ |
25,313
|
$ |
98
|
0.39 | % | $ |
24,397
|
$ |
74
|
0.30 | % | $ |
22,933
|
$ |
69
|
0.30 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Savings
and clubs
|
136,785
|
931
|
0.68 | % |
137,934
|
919
|
0.67 | % |
133,621
|
801
|
0.60 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Money
market savings
|
43,303
|
1,133
|
2.62 | % |
36,583
|
601
|
1.64 | % |
30,116
|
302
|
1.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Certificates
of deposit
|
312,452
|
13,036
|
4.17 | % |
237,992
|
7,297
|
3.07 | % |
208,584
|
4,258
|
2.04 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgagors
deposits
|
2,154
|
30
|
1.39 | % |
2,044
|
30
|
1.47 | % |
2,217
|
25
|
1.13 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
deposits
|
520,007
|
15,228
|
2.93 | % |
438,950
|
8,921
|
2.03 | % |
397,471
|
5,455
|
1.37 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowed
money
|
78,853
|
4,007
|
5.08 | % |
107,551
|
4,572
|
4.25 | % |
109,787
|
4,303
|
3.92 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
interest bearing liabilities
|
598,860
|
19,235
|
3.21 | % |
546,501
|
13,493
|
2.47 | % |
507,258
|
9,758
|
1.92 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest-bearing
liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demand
|
40,676
|
29,079
|
22,857
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
liabilities
|
10,739
|
6,980
|
6,724
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
649,872
|
582,560
|
536,839
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
49,347
|
47,537
|
45,668
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$ |
699,622
|
$ |
630,097
|
$ |
582,507
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest income
|
$ |
22,506
|
$ |
18,892
|
$ |
18,788
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
interest rate spread
|
3.16 | % | 2.97 | % | 3.26 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
interest margin
|
3.44 | % | 3.18 | % | 3.41 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio
of average interest-earning asset to interest-earning
liabilities
|
109.38 | % | 108.86 | % |
Rate/Volume
Analysis
The
following table sets forth information regarding the extent to which changes
in
interest rates and changes in volume of interest related assets and liabilities
have affected Carver Federal’s interest income and expense during the years
ended March 31 (in thousands):
2007
vs. 2006
|
2006
vs. 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Increase
(Decrease) due to
|
Increase
(Decrease) due to
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume
|
Rate
|
Total
|
Volume
|
Rate
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Earning Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loans
|
$ |
6,864
|
$ |
3,850
|
$ |
10,714
|
$ |
3,489
|
$ |
134
|
$ |
3,623
|
||||||||||||
Investment
securities
|
25
|
323
|
349
|
(1 | ) |
145
|
144
|
|||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
(1,781 | ) |
219
|
(1,562 | ) | (560 | ) |
394
|
(166 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Fed
funds sold, FHLB stock & other
|
(289 | ) |
143
|
(146 | ) |
23
|
215
|
238
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
interest earning assets
|
4,820
|
4,535
|
9,355
|
2,951
|
888
|
3,839
|
||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Bearing Liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposits
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOW
demand
|
3
|
20
|
23
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
||||||||||||||||||
Savings
and clubs
|
(8 | ) |
19
|
12
|
26
|
83
|
109
|
|||||||||||||||||
Money
market savings
|
110
|
422
|
532
|
65
|
234
|
299
|
||||||||||||||||||
Certificates
of deposit
|
2,283
|
3,457
|
5,740
|
600
|
2,448
|
3,048
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
deposits
|
2,388
|
3,918
|
6,306
|
695
|
2,766
|
3,461
|
||||||||||||||||||
Mortgagors
deposits
|
2
|
(2 | ) |
0
|
(2 | ) |
7
|
5
|
||||||||||||||||
Borrowed
money
|
(1,237 | ) |
672
|
(565 | ) | (83 | ) |
352
|
269
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
interest bearing liabilities
|
1,153
|
4,588
|
5,741
|
610
|
3,125
|
3,735
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net
change in interest income
|
$ |
3,667
|
$ | (53 | ) | $ |
3,614
|
$ |
2,341
|
$ | (2,237 | ) | $ |
104
|
For
each
category of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities,
information is provided for changes attributable to: (1) changes in volume
(changes in volume multiplied by new rate); (2) changes in rate (change in
rate
multiplied by old volume); and (3) changes in rate/volume. Changes in
rate/volume variance are allocated proportionately between changes in rate
and
changes in volume.
Comparison
of Financial Condition at March 31, 2007 and 2006
At
March
31, 2007, total assets increased by $78.6 million, or 11.9%, to $740.0 million
compared to $661.4 million at March 31, 2006. The increase in total assets
was
primarily attributable to the acquisition of CCB which had $165.4 million in
total assets, partially offset by a reduction in Carver Federal’s securities
portfolio as part of its balance sheet repositioning effort.
Net
loans, before allowance for loan losses, including deferred fees, premiums,
discounts and loans held-for-sale, increased by $111.7 million, or 22.5%, to
$609.2 million as of March 31, 2007 compared to $497.4 million one year
ago. The net loan growth during fiscal 2007 primarily reflects the
loan portfolio acquired with CCB of $102.6 million, $100.2 million net of
purchase discounts, loan originations of $130.0 million, and loan purchases
of
$58.2 million, partially offset by principal repayments of $146.0 million,
loans
sold to various third party purchasers of $30.8 million and the decrease of
premiums and increase in discounts of $796,000 and $2.9 million,
respectively. The non-residential real estate loan portfolio,
including loans held-for-sale, increased by $51.5 million, or 33.4%, to $205.5
million at March 31, 2007 compared to $154.0 million at March 31, 2006 primarily
as a result of loans acquired with CCB of $41.2 million, originations of
$31.1 million and purchases of $9.5 million, partially offset by repayments
of $30.3 million. The construction loan portfolio increased by
$45.3 million, or 48.9%, to $137.8 million at March 31, 2007 compared to $92.5
million at March 31, 2006 primarily due to loans acquired with CCB of $6.2
million and originations and purchases of $56.8 and $38.5 million, respectively,
partially offset by repayments of $56.2 million. Consumer and
business loans increased by $52.2 million primarily as a result of an increase
in business loans. Business loans increased by $52.1 million to $52.6
million at March 31, 2007 compared to $445,000 at March 31, 2006 reflecting
the
acquisition of the CCB portfolio of $55.3 million and new originations of
$730,000 and purchases of $10.2 million, partially offset by repayments of
$14.1
million. Consumer loans increased by $57,000 to $1.1 million at March
31, 2007 compared to $1.0 million at March 31, 2006 reflecting the acquisition
of the CCB portfolio of $87,000 and new originations of $282,000 partially
offset by repayments of $312,000.
Partially
offsetting the increase in net loans were decreases in the one- to four-family
and multifamily portfolios and the decrease and increase in premiums and
discounts, respectively. The one- to four-family mortgage loan
portfolio, including loans held for sale, decreased by $20.6 million, or 14.4%,
to $122.8 million at March 31, 2007 compared to $143.4 million at March 31,
2006. The decrease in one- to four-family loans is primarily due to
repayments and loan sales of $22.2 million and $30.8 million, respectively,
partially offset by loan originations of $32.4 million. The
multifamily real estate loan portfolio decreased by $12.8 million, or 12.3%,
to
$91.9 million at March 31, 2007 compared to $104.7 million at March 31, 2006
as repayments of $21.5 million exceeded originations of $8.7
million. The decrease in premiums of $796,000 is primarily the result
of repayments of loans. The increase in the discounts is primarily
the result of the purchase accounting associated with the acquisition of
CCB. The Bank continues to grow its balance sheet through focusing on
the origination of loans in the markets it serves and will continue to augment
these originations with loan purchases.
Total
securities at March 31, 2007 decreased $41.2 million to $67.1 million from
$108.3 million at March 31, 2006, reflecting a decline of $33.9 million in
available-for-sale securities and a $7.3 million decrease in held-to-maturity
securities. The decrease in available-for-sale securities primarily reflects
$35.0 million of principal repayments and maturities, $57.9 million from sales
of securities partially offset by the acquisition of the CCB portfolio of $50.7
million. The $7.3 million decrease in held-to-maturity securities
reflects principal payments and maturities. Available-for-sale
securities represented 71.5% of the total securities portfolio at March 31,
2007
compared to 75.6% at March 31, 2006. The current strategy is to
reduce the investment portfolio through normal cash flows and reinvest the
proceeds into higher yielding loans. However, the Bank may invest in securities
from time to time to help diversify its asset portfolio and satisfy collateral
requirements for certain deposits.
At
March
31, 2007, total liabilities increased $76.0 million, or 12.4%, to $688.3 million
compared to $612.3 million at March 31, 2006. Deposits increased
$110.5 million, or 21.9%, to $615.1 million at March 31, 2007 from $504.6
million at March 31, 2006. The increase in deposits was primarily attributable
to the acquisition of the CCB deposit portfolio of $144.1
million. Excluding the acquisition, deposits decreased $33.7
million.
Total
FHLB-NY borrowings decreased $33.1 million, or 41.0%, to $47.8 million at March
31, 2007 from $80.9 million at March 31, 2006 as a result of net repayments
of
maturing advances that were partially offset by the acquisition of the CCB
FHLB-NY borrowings of $12.5 million.
At
March
31, 2007, stockholders’ equity increased $2.9 million, or 6.0%, to $51.6 million
compared to $48.7 million at March 31, 2006. The increase in
stockholders’ equity was primarily attributable to additional retained earnings
of $1.7 million and an improvement of $1.1 million in accumulated other
comprehensive income related to mark-to-market of the Bank’s available-for-sale
securities and employee pension accounting of $765,000 and $360,000,
respectively. The change in accumulated other comprehensive
income consists of a net gain of $765,000 related to the mark-to-market of
the
Bank’s available-for-sale securities and a gain of $360,000 related to the
Company’s unfunded employee pension liability. The Bank’s capital
levels meet regulatory requirements of a well-capitalized financial
institution.
Comparison
of Operating Results for the Years Ended March 31, 2007 and
2006
Net
Income
For
fiscal 2007, the Company recorded net income of $2.6 million, or $1.00 per
diluted common share, compared to $3.8 million, or $1.45 per diluted common
share, for the prior fiscal year. The $1.2 million decrease is
primarily due to an increase of $4.2 million in non-interest expense and a
decrease of $2.5 million in non-interest income, partially offset by an increase
of $3.3 million in net interest income after provision for loan losses, and
a
decrease of $2.2 million in the Company’s income tax provision compared to the
prior fiscal year.
Interest
Income
Interest
income increased in fiscal 2007 by $9.4 million from the prior fiscal year,
or
28.9%, to $41.7 million. The average balance of interest-earning
assets increased to $655.0 million for fiscal 2007 from $594.9 million for
the
prior fiscal year. Adding to the increase was a rise in the average
yield on interest-earning assets to 6.37% for fiscal 2007 compared to 5.44%
for
fiscal 2006.
Interest
income on loans increased by $10.7 million, or 40.3%, to $37.3 million for
fiscal 2007 compared to $26.6 million for the prior fiscal year. The increase
in
interest income from loans was primarily the result of a $114.7 million increase
in average loan balances to $558.1 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $443.5
million for fiscal 2006, coupled with the effects of a 69 basis point increase
in the average rate earned on loans to 6.68% for fiscal 2007 from 5.99% for
the
prior fiscal year. The increase in the average balance of loans
reflects the acquisition of the CCB loan portfolio. The increase in
the average rate earned on loans was principally due to the acquisition of
the
higher yielding CCB business loan portfolio and an increase in the average
rate
on mortgage loans.
Interest
income on mortgage-backed securities decreased by $1.6 million, or 35.2%, to
$2.9 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $4.4 million for the prior fiscal
year,
reflecting a decrease of $48.9 million in the average balance of mortgage-backed
securities to $64.7 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $113.6 million for
fiscal 2006. The decrease in the average balance was partially offset
by the CCB acquisition. Partially offsetting the decline in income
was a 54 basis point increase in the average rate earned on mortgage-backed
securities to 4.45% for fiscal 2007 from 3.91% for the prior fiscal
year. The net decrease in the average balance of such securities
demonstrates Management’s commitment to invest proceeds received from the cash
flows from the repayment of securities into higher yielding assets and the
sale
of lower yielding securities to reposition the balance sheet.
Interest
income on investment securities increased by approximately $354,000, or 36.5%,
to $1.3 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $971,000 for the prior fiscal
year. The increase in interest income on investment securities
reflects a 71 basis point increase in the average rate earned on investment
securities to 4.67% for fiscal 2007 from 3.78% for the prior fiscal year and
an
increase of $1.5 million in the average balance of investment securities to
$27.2 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $25.7 million for fiscal
2006. The increase in the average balance results from the
acquisition of CCB, partially offset by maturities and the sale of securities
with the repositioning of the balance sheet.
Interest
income on federal funds decreased $151,000, or 36.6%, to $261,000 for fiscal
2007 compared to $412,000 for the prior fiscal year. The decrease is primarily
attributable to an $7.0 million decrease in the average balance of federal
funds
year over year partially offset by a 169 basis point increase in the average
rate earned on federal funds. This large increase in the average rate
earned on federal funds was realized as the FRB raised the federal funds
rate.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense increased by $5.7 million, or 42.6%, to $19.2 million for fiscal 2007
compared to $13.5 million for the prior fiscal year. The increase in
interest expense reflects an increase of $52.0 million in the average balance
of
interest-bearing liabilities to $598.9 million in fiscal 2007 from $546.9
million in fiscal 2006. Additionally, the total cost of
interest-bearing liabilities increased 74 basis points to 3.21% in fiscal 2007
compared to 2.47% in the prior year. The increase in the average
balance of interest-bearing liabilities in fiscal 2007 compared to fiscal 2006
was primarily due to the acquisition of CCB partially offset by a decrease
in
borrowed funds and the repayment of certain higher costing deposits with the
repositioning of the balance sheet.
Interest
expense on deposits increased $6.3 million, or 70.7%, to $15.2 million for
fiscal 2007 compared to $8.9 million for the prior fiscal year. This
increase is attributable to a $81.1 million, or 18.5%, increase in the average
balance of interest-bearing deposits to $520.4 million for fiscal 2007 compared
to $439.0 million for fiscal 2006 coupled with a 90 basis point increase
year-over-year in the cost of average deposits. The increase in the
average balance of interest-bearing deposits was primarily due to the
acquisition of CCB. The increase in the average rate paid on deposits
was principally due to the rise in the interest rate environment throughout
fiscal 2007.
Interest
expense on advances and other
borrowed money decreased by $565,000, or 12.4%, to $4.0 million for fiscal
2007
compared to $4.6 million for the prior fiscal year. The decrease in interest
expense on borrowed money for fiscal 2007 reflects a $29.1 million decline
in
the average balance of borrowed money reflecting management’s strategy of using
deposit growth and cash flows from the repayment of mortgage-backed securities
to repay FHLB-NY advances. Partially offsetting the decrease was a
rise of 86 basis points in the average cost of borrowed money, primarily the
result of increases in the indexed rate of trust preferred debt securities
which
adjust quarterly and have increased in the current interest rate
environment.
Net
Interest Income
Net
interest income represents the difference between income on interest-earning
assets and expense on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest
income depends primarily upon the volume of interest-earning assets and
interest-bearing liabilities and the corresponding interest rates earned and
paid. Our net interest income is significantly impacted by changes in
interest rate and market yield curves. See “Discussion of Market
Risk—Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis” for further discussion on the potential
impact of changes in interest rates on our results of operations.
Net
interest income before the provision for loan losses increased $3.6 million,
or
19.1%, to $22.5 million for fiscal 2007 compared to $18.9 million for the prior
fiscal year. This increase was achieved as a result of an increase in both
the
average balance and the yield on average interest-earning assets of $60.3
million and 93 basis points, respectively. Offsetting the increase in
net interest income was an increase in the average balance and cost of
interest-bearing liabilities of $52.0 million and 74 basis points,
respectively. The result was a 19 basis point increase in the
interest rate spread to 3.16% for fiscal 2007 compared to 2.97% for the prior
fiscal year. The net interest margin also increased to 3.44% for fiscal 2007
compared to 3.18% for fiscal 2006.
Provision
for Loan Losses
During
fiscal 2007 a $276,000 provision was recorded for loan losses. The
Bank records provisions for loan losses, which are charged to earnings, in
order
to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level that is considered
appropriate to absorb probable losses inherent in the existing loan portfolio.
Factors considered when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses
include the volume and type of lending conducted, the Bank’s previous loan loss
experience, the known and inherent risks in the loan portfolio, adverse
situations that may affect the borrowers’ ability to repay, the estimated value
of any underlying collateral, trends in the local and national economy and
trends in the real estate market.
During
fiscal 2007, the Bank had net charge-offs of $73,000 compared to $82,000 for
fiscal 2006. At March 31, 2007, non-performing loans totaled $4.5 million,
or 0.74% of total loans, compared to $2.7 million, or 0.55% of total loans,
at
March 31, 2006. At March 31, 2007, the Bank’s allowance for loan
losses was $5.4 million compared to $4.0 million at March 31, 2006, resulting
in
a ratio of the allowance to non-performing assets of 119.9% at March 31, 2007
compared to 147.1% at March 31, 2006, and a ratio of allowance for possible
loan
losses to total loans of 0.88% and 0.81% at March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006,
respectively. The Bank believes its reported allowance for loan
losses at March 31, 2007 is adequate to provide for estimated probable losses
in
the loan portfolio. For further discussion of non-performing loans
and allowance for loan losses, see “Item 1—Business—General Description of
Business—Asset Quality” and Note 1 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Non-Interest
Income
Non-interest
income is comprised of loan fees and service charges, fee income from banking
services and charges, gains or losses from the sale of securities, loans and
other assets and certain other miscellaneous non-interest income. Non-interest
income decreased $2.5 million, or 46.3%, to $2.9 million for fiscal 2007
compared to $5.3 million for fiscal 2006. The decline in non-interest
income was comprised primarily of a decrease of $993,000 in loan fees and
service charges due primarily to lower loan prepayment penalty income, $624,000
in losses associated with the repositioning of the balance sheet, $693,000
in
the write-down of loans held for sale, a decrease of $159,000 in the gain on
the
sale of loans and $108,000 loss on the sale of real estate
owned. Partially offsetting these decreases were increases in other
non-interest income and deposit fees and charges of $96,000 and $18,000,
respectively. The decline in the gain on the sale of
loans was primarily attributable to a gain on a bulk sale of loans during
2006.
Non-Interest
Expense
Non-interest
expense increased by $4.2 million, or 22.0%, to $23.3 million for fiscal 2007
compared to $19.1 million for the prior fiscal year. The increase in
non-interest expense was primarily attributable to the acquisition of CCB and
the resulting operating and non-recurring merger related
expenses. Non-recurring merger related expenses represented $1.3
million of the increase, employee compensation and benefits, net occupancy
expense, equipment, net, and other non-interest expense increased $958,000,
$383,000, $132,000 and $1.5 million respectively.
Income
Tax Expense
Income
tax benefit was $823,000 for fiscal 2007, as compared to an income tax expense
of $1.3 million for fiscal 2006. The Bank recognized a $1.5 million
benefit in 2007 from the NMTC program and pre-tax income was $3.3 million less
in 2007 compared to 2006. The two items account for the $2.2 million change
in
taxes from 2007 to 2006.
Comparison
of Operating Results for the Years Ended March 31, 2006 and
2005
Net
Income
The
Bank
reported net income for fiscal 2006 of $3.8 million compared to $2.6 million
for
the prior fiscal year. Net income available to common stockholders
for fiscal 2006 was $3.8 million, or $1.47 per diluted common share compared
to
$2.5 million, or $1.03 per diluted common share, for fiscal 2005. The
increase in net income was primarily due to higher non-interest income of $1.3
million, a decline in income tax expense of $189,000 and an increase in net
interest income of $104,000 partially offset by an increase in non-interest
expense of $438,000.
Interest
Income
Interest
income increased in fiscal 2006 by $3.8 million, or 13.5% to $32.4 million,
from
the prior fiscal year. The average balance of interest-earning assets
increased to $594.9 million for fiscal 2006 from $550.8 million for the prior
fiscal year. Adding to the increase was a rise in the average yield
on interest-earning assets to 5.44% for fiscal 2006 compared to 5.18% for fiscal
2005.
Interest
income on loans increased by $3.6 million, or 15.8%, to $26.6 million for fiscal
2006 compared to $22.9 million for the prior fiscal year. The increase in
interest income from loans was primarily the result of a $58.5 million increase
in average loan balances to $443.5 million for fiscal 2006 compared to $384.9
million for fiscal 2005, coupled with the effects of a 3 basis point increase
in
the average rate earned on loans to 5.99% for fiscal 2006 from 5.96% for the
prior fiscal year. The increase in the average balance of loans
reflects originations and purchases in excess of principal
collections. The minimal increase in the average rate earned on loans
was principally due to the repricing of certain construction loans that are
tied
to short term rates that have increased with the rise in the overnight federal
funds rate, see “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Interest
income on mortgage-backed securities decreased by $166,000, or 3.6%, to $4.4
million for fiscal 2006 compared to $4.6 million for the prior fiscal year,
reflecting a decrease of $12.1 million in the average balance of mortgage-backed
securities to $113.6 million for fiscal 2006 compared to $125.6 million for
fiscal 2005. Partially offsetting the decline was a 24 basis point
increase in the average rate earned on mortgage-backed securities to 3.91%
for
fiscal 2006 from 3.67% for the prior fiscal year. The decrease in the
average balance of such securities demonstrates Management’s commitment to
invest proceeds received from increased deposits and the cash flows from the
repayment of investments into higher yielding assets.
Interest
income on investment securities increased by approximately $144,000, or 17.4%,
to $971,000 for fiscal 2006 compared to $827,000 for the prior fiscal
year. The increase in interest income on investment securities
reflects a 98 basis point increase in the average rate earned on investment
securities to 3.78% for fiscal 2006 from 2.80% for the prior fiscal year
partially offset by a decrease of $3.8 million in the average balance of
investment securities to $25.7 million for fiscal 2006 compared to $29.5 million
for fiscal 2005.
Interest
income on federal funds increased $238,000, or 136.8%, to $412,000 for fiscal
2006 compared to $174,000 for the prior fiscal year. The increase is primarily
attributable to a 177 basis point increase in the average rate earned on federal
funds coupled with a $1.4 million increase in the average balance of federal
funds year over year. This large increase in the returns on federal
funds was realized as the FRB continually raised the federal funds rate over
the
course of the entire fiscal year.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense increased by $3.7 million, or 38.3%, to $13.5 million for fiscal 2006
compared to $9.8 million for the prior fiscal year. The increase in
interest expense reflects an increase of $39.2 million in the average balance
of
interest-bearing liabilities to $546.5 million in fiscal 2006 from $507.3
million in fiscal 2005. Additionally, the total cost of
interest-bearing liabilities increased 55 basis points to 2.47% in fiscal 2006
compared to 1.92% in the prior year. The increase in the average
balance of interest-bearing liabilities in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005
was due to increases in both the average balance of interest-bearing deposits
and the average balance of borrowed money.
Interest
expense on deposits increased $3.5 million, or 63.5%, to $8.9 million for fiscal
2006 compared to $5.5 million for the prior fiscal year. This
increase is attributable to a $41.7 million, or 10.5%, increase in the average
balance of interest-bearing deposits to $436.9 million for fiscal 2006 compared
to $395.3 million for fiscal 2005 coupled with a 66 basis point increase year
over year in the cost of average deposits. The increase in the
average balance of interest-bearing deposits was primarily due to an increase
in
the average balance of certificates of deposit of $29.4 million, or 14.1%,
an
increase in the average balance of money market accounts of $6.5 million, or
21.5%, an increase in the average balance of savings and club accounts of $4.3
million, or 3.2%, and an increase in the average balance of checking accounts
of
$1.5 million, or 6.4%. The increase in the average rate paid on
deposits was principally due to the rise in the interest rate environment
throughout fiscal 2006.
Interest
expense on borrowed money
increased by $269,000 or 6.3%, to $4.6 million for fiscal 2006 compared to
$4.3
million for the prior fiscal year. The increase in interest expense on borrowed
money for fiscal 2006 reflects a rise of 33 basis points in the average cost
of
borrowed money, primarily the result of increases in the indexed rate of trust
preferred debt securities which adjust quarterly and have increased in the
current interest rate environment. Partially offsetting the increase
was a $2.2 million decline in the average balance of borrowed money reflecting
management’s strategy of using deposit growth and cash flows from the repayment
of mortgage-backed securities to repay FHLB-NY advances.
Net
Interest Income
Net
interest income represents the difference between income on interest-earning
assets and expense on interest-bearing liabilities. Net interest
income depends primarily upon the volume of interest-earning assets and
interest-bearing liabilities and the corresponding interest rates earned and
paid. Our net interest income is significantly impacted by changes in
interest rate and market yield curves. See “—Discussion of Market
Risk—Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis” for further discussion on the potential
impact of changes in interest rates on our results of operations.
Net
interest income before the provision for loan losses increased $104,000, or
0.6%, to $18.9 million for fiscal 2006 compared to $18.8 million for the prior
fiscal year. This modest increase was achieved as a result of an increase in
both the average balance and the return on average interest-earning assets
of
$44.1 million and 26 basis points, respectively. Mainly offsetting
the increase in net interest income was an increase in the average balance
and
cost of interest-bearing liabilities of $39.2 million and 55 basis points,
respectively. The result was a 29 basis point decrease in the
interest rate spread to 2.97% for fiscal 2006 compared to 3.26% for the prior
fiscal year. The net interest margin also decreased to 3.18% for fiscal 2006
compared to 3.41% for fiscal 2005.
Provision
for Loan Losses
During
fiscal 2005 no provision was recorded for loan losses. The Bank
records provisions for loan losses, which are charged to earnings, in order
to
maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level that is considered appropriate
to absorb probable losses inherent in the existing loan portfolio. Factors
considered when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses include
the volume and type of lending conducted, the Bank’s previous loan loss
experience, the known and inherent risks in the loan portfolio, adverse
situations that may affect the borrowers’ ability to repay, the estimated value
of any underlying collateral and trends in the local and national economy and
trends in the real estate market.
During
fiscal 2006, the Bank had net charge-offs of $82,000 compared to $28,000 for
fiscal 2005. At March 31, 2006, non-performing loans totaled $2.8 million or
0.55% of total loans compared to $998,000, or 0.23% of total loans, at March
31,
2005. At March 31, 2006, the Bank’s allowance for loan losses was
$4.0 million compared to $4.1 million at March 31, 2005, resulting in a ratio
of
the allowance to non-performing loans of 147.1% at March 31, 2006 compared
to
410.7% at March 31, 2005, and a ratio of allowance for possible loan losses
to
total loans of 0.81% and 0.96% at March 31, 2006 and March 31, 2005,
respectively. The Bank believes its reported allowance for loan loss
at March 31, 2006 is adequate to provide for estimated probable losses in the
loan portfolio. For further discussion of non-performing loans and
allowance for loan losses, see “Item 1—Business—General Description of
Business—Asset Quality” and Note 1 of Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Non-Interest
Income
Non-interest
income is comprised of loan fees and service charges, fee income from banking
services and charges, gains or losses from the sale of securities, loans and
other assets and certain other miscellaneous non-interest income. Non-interest
income increased $1.3 million, or 31.1%, to $5.3 million for fiscal 2006
compared to $4.1 million for fiscal 2005. The rise in non-interest
income was comprised of an increase of $363,000 in loan fees and service
charges, primarily greater loan prepayment penalty income and late charge
fees. Additional depository fees and charges of $246,000 were
achieved primarily from higher ATM usage, growth in debit card income and
commissions earned on the sale of investments and life
insurance. Further contributing to the rise in non-interest income
was additional gains on the sale of loans of $267,000, predominantly from the
bulk sale of $10.7 million of residential one-to four family mortgage
loans. An increase of $77,000 in other income was also achieved
primarily as a result of additional income earned on the Bank’s investment in a
bank owned life insurance program. Further contributing to the
increase in non-interest income year over year was the Company’s recognition of
a $1.5 million impairment charge deemed other than temporary in the second
quarter of fiscal 2005, resulting from the decline in market price of 150,000
shares of IFSB stock that the Company previously held. Partially
offsetting that impairment charge in fiscal 2005 was the receipt of a net $1.1
million Community Development Financial Institutions grant from the Department
of the Treasury and a $94,000 gain from the sale of securities.
Non-Interest
Expense
Non-interest
expense increased by $438,000, or 2.3%, to $19.1 million for fiscal 2006
compared to $18.7 million for the prior fiscal year. The increase in
non-interest expense was primarily attributable to increases in net occupancy
and equipment expenses of $327,000 and $331,000, respectively, resulting from
the full year effect in fiscal 2006 of the new branch office and ATM center
openings in fiscal 2005. Also contributing to the rise in
non-interest expense were increases in retail banking chargeoffs, legal fees
and
insurance costs of $196,000, $160,000 and $112,000,
respectively. Partially offsetting the increase in non-interest
expense was a charge of $847,000 in fiscal 2005 for merger and acquisition
expenses related to the attempted acquisition of IFSB. Much of the
increase in the Bank’s operating expenses was a result of the
investment made in fiscal 2004 and 2005 to grow the
franchise. During fiscal 2006, in an effort to reduce non-interest
expenses, the Bank implemented cost cutting strategies by outsourcing our ATM
driving technology as well as a number of corporate administrative
functions.
Income
Tax Expense
Income
tax expense was $1.3 million for fiscal 2006, a decline of $189,000 or 12.5%,
from $1.5 million for fiscal 2005 as a result of a $500,000 recovery of income
tax expense in fiscal 2006 attributable to the release of contingency reserves
for closed tax examination years. As a result the effective tax rate
in fiscal 2006 was 26.1%, compared to 36.4% for fiscal 2005. It is
anticipated that the effective tax rate for fiscal 2007 will be more comparative
to that of fiscal 2005.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Liquidity
is a measure of the Bank’s ability to generate adequate cash to meet financial
obligations. The principal cash requirements of a financial
institution are to cover potential deposit outflows, fund increases in its
loan
and investment portfolios and cover its ongoing operating
expenses. The Company’s primary sources of funds are deposits,
borrowed funds, principal and interest payments on loans, mortgage-backed
securities and investment securities and fee income. While maturities
and scheduled amortization of loans, mortgage-backed securities and investment
securities are predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and loan and
mortgage-backed securities prepayments are strongly influenced by changes in
general interest rates, economic conditions and competition.
Management
believes the Bank’s short-term assets have sufficient liquidity to cover loan
demand, potential fluctuations in deposit accounts and to meet other anticipated
cash requirements. In addition, as previously discussed, the Bank has
the ability to borrow funds from the FHLB-NY to meet liquidity
needs. The Bank monitors its liquidity utilizing guidelines that are
contained in a policy developed by management of the Bank and approved by the
Bank’s Board of Directors. The Bank’s several liquidity measurements
are evaluated on a frequent basis. The Bank was in compliance with this policy
as of March 31, 2007.
Congress
eliminated the statutory liquidity requirement that required federal savings
banks to maintain a minimum amount of liquid assets of between 4% and 10%,
as
determined by the Director of the OTS, the Bank’s primary federal regulator. The
Bank is required to maintain sufficient liquidity to ensure its safe and sound
operation. As a result of the elimination of the liquidity
requirement, the Bank manages its liquidity through a Board-approved liquidity
policy. The Bank’s most liquid assets are cash and short-term
investments. The level of these assets is dependent on the Bank’s
operating, investing and financing activities during any given
period. At March 31, 2007 and 2006, assets qualifying for short-term
liquidity, including cash and short-term investments, totaled $21.9 million
and
$25.2 million, respectively.
The
levels of the Bank’s short-term liquid assets are dependent on the Bank’s
operating, financing and investing activities during any given period. The
most
significant liquidity challenge the Bank currently faces is the variability
in
its cash flows as a result of mortgage refinance activity. As
mortgage interest rates increase, customers’ refinance activities tend to
decline, causing the cash flow from both the mortgage loan portfolio and the
mortgage-backed securities portfolio to decelerate. The federal funds
rate was raised in fiscal 2006 eight separate times resulting in an additional
increase in the federal funds rate of 200 basis points. The federal
funds rate was again raised in fiscal 2007 twice resulting in an additional
increase in the federal funds rate of 50 basis points. While the Bank
experienced relatively high loan and securities repayments over the last two
fiscal years primarily as a result of increased mortgage loan refinancing
activity caused by the low longer term interest rate environment, management
anticipates a leveling of these prepayments in fiscal 2008 as longer term rates
remain at current levels or begin to climb the effect of which can hinder
liquidity.
The
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows present the change in cash from operating,
investing and financing activities. During fiscal 2007, cash and cash
equivalents decreased by $5.6 million. Net cash provided by operating
activities was $13.7 million, representing primarily the disbursement of funds
to originant loans held-for-sale. Net cash used in investing
activities was $88.6 million, which was primarily the result by repayments
and
maturities of loans and securities sales partially offset by disbursement for
loan originations held-for-investments. Net cash used in financing
activities was $80.5 million, reflecting primarily net decreases in deposits
and
by repayments of borrowings from the FHLB-NY.
Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
The
Bank
is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal
course of business in order to meet the financing needs of its
customers. These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of
credit, interest rate and liquidity risk. In accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”), these instruments are not recorded in the consolidated financial
statements. Such instruments primarily include lending
commitments.
Lending
commitments include commitments to originate mortgage and consumer loans and
commitments to fund unused lines of credit. The Bank also has
contractual obligations related to operating leases. Additionally,
the Bank has a contingent liability related to a standby letter of
credit. The Bank has outstanding commitments and contractual
obligations at March 31 as follows (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Commitments
to originate mortgage loans
|
$ |
107,115
|
$ |
64,163
|
||||
Commitments
to originate commercial and consumer loans
|
214
|
439
|
||||||
Lines
of credit
|
300
|
-
|
||||||
Letters
of credit
|
-
|
1,795
|
||||||
Total
|
$ |
107,629
|
$ |
66,397
|
The
following table presents the Bank’s contractual obligations at March 31, 2007
(in thousands).
Payments
due by period
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Contractual
|
Less
than
|
1
- 3
|
3
- 5
|
More
than
|
||||||||||||||||
Obligations
|
Total
|
1
year
|
years
|
years
|
5
years
|
|||||||||||||||
Long
term debt obligations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ |
47,775
|
$ |
32,500
|
$ |
15,107
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
168
|
||||||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
13,318
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
13,318
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
long term debt obligations
|
61,093
|
32,500
|
15,107
|
-
|
13,486
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating
lease obligations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Lease
obligations for rental properties
|
8,139
|
915
|
1,924
|
1,716
|
3,584
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
contractual obligations
|
$ |
69,232
|
$ |
33,415
|
$ |
17,031
|
$ |
1,716
|
$ |
17,070
|
Regulatory
Capital Position
The
Bank
must satisfy three minimum capital standards established by the
OTS. For a description of the OTS capital regulation, see “Item
1—Regulation and Supervision—Federal Banking Regulation—Capital
Requirements.”
The
Bank
presently exceeds all capital requirements as currently
promulgated. At March 31, 2007, the Bank had tangible, core, and
total risk-based capital ratios of 7.9%, 8.0% and 10.4%,
respectively, and was considered well capitalized.
The
following table reconciles the Bank’s stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2007
under GAAP to regulatory capital requirements (in thousands):
GAAP
|
Tangible
|
Leverage
|
Risk-Based
|
|||||||||||||
Capital
|
Equity
|
Capital
|
Capital
|
|||||||||||||
Stockholders'
Equity at March 31, 2007 (1)
|
$ |
64,591
|
$ |
64,591
|
$ |
64,591
|
$ |
64,591
|
||||||||
Add:
|
||||||||||||||||
General
valuation allowances
|
-
|
-
|
5,409
|
|||||||||||||
Deduct:
|
||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains on securities available-for-sale, net
|
372
|
372
|
372
|
|||||||||||||
Goodwill
and qualifying intangible assets, net
|
6,400
|
6,400
|
6,400
|
|||||||||||||
Regulatory
Capital
|
57,819
|
57,819
|
63,228
|
|||||||||||||
Minimum
Capital requirement
|
14,641
|
29,293
|
49,241
|
|||||||||||||
Regulatory
Capital Excess
|
$ |
43,178
|
$ |
28,526
|
$ |
13,987
|
||||||||||
(1)
Carver
Federal only
|
Impact
of Inflation and Changing Prices
The
financial statements and accompanying notes appearing elsewhere herein have
been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, which require the measurement of financial
position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without
considering the changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time
due
to inflation. The impact of inflation is reflected in the increased
cost of Carver Federal’s operations. Unlike most industrial
companies, nearly all the assets and liabilities of the Bank are monetary in
nature. As a result, interest rates have a greater impact on Carver
Federal’s performance than do the effects of the general level of
inflation. Interest rates do not necessarily move in the same
direction or to the same extent as the prices of goods and
services.
ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
The
information required by this item appears under the caption “Discussion of
Market Risk—Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis” in Item 7, incorporated herein
by reference.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
DATA.
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Carver
Bancorp, Inc.:
We
have
audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial condition of
Carver Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2007 and 2006, and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended March 31, 2007. These consolidated financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In
our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Carver Bancorp, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of March 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their operations
and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March
31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
KPMG
LLP
New
York,
New York
June
29,
2007
CARVER
BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(In
thousands, except share data)
March
31,
|
March
31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents:
|
||||||||
Cash
and due from banks
|
$ |
14,619
|
$ |
13,604
|
||||
Federal
funds sold
|
1,300
|
8,700
|
||||||
Interest
earning deposits
|
1,431
|
600
|
||||||
Total
cash and cash equivalents
|
17,350
|
22,904
|
||||||
Securities:
|
||||||||
Available-for-sale,
at fair value (including pledged as collateral of $34,649 and $79,211at
March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)
|
47,980
|
81,882
|
||||||
Held-to-maturity,
at amortized cost (including pledged as collateral of $18,581 and
$26,039
at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively; fair value of $19,005
and
$25,880 at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively)
|
19,137
|
26,404
|
||||||
Total
securities
|
67,117
|
108,286
|
||||||
Loans
held-for-sale
|
23,226
|
--
|
||||||
Loans
receivable:
|
||||||||
Real
estate mortgage loans
|
533,667
|
495,994
|
||||||
Consumer
and commercial business loans
|
52,293
|
1,453
|
||||||
Allowance
for loan losses
|
(5,409 | ) | (4,015 | ) | ||||
Total
loans receivable, net
|
580,551
|
493,432
|
||||||
Office
properties and equipment, net
|
14,626
|
13,194
|
||||||
Federal
Home Loan Bank of New York stock, at cost
|
3,239
|
4,627
|
||||||
Bank
owned life insurance
|
8,795
|
8,479
|
||||||
Accrued
interest receivable
|
4,335
|
2,970
|
||||||
Goodwill
|
5,716
|
--
|
||||||
Core
deposit intangibles, net
|
684
|
--
|
||||||
Other
assets
|
14,313
|
7,504
|
||||||
Total
assets
|
$ |
739,952
|
$ |
661,396
|
||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
Deposits
|
$ |
615,122
|
$ |
504,638
|
||||
Advances
from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and other borrowed
money
|
61,093
|
94,195
|
||||||
Other
liabilities
|
12,110
|
13,866
|
||||||
Total
liabilities
|
688,325
|
612,699
|
||||||
Stockholders'
equity:
|
||||||||
Common
stock (par value $0.01 per share: 10,000,000 shares authorized;
2,524,691
shares issued; 2,507,985 and 2,506,822 outstanding at March 31,
2007 and
2006, respectively)
|
25
|
25
|
||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
23,996
|
23,935
|
||||||
Retained
earnings
|
27,436
|
25,736
|
||||||
Unamortized
awards of common stock under ESOP and management recognition plan
("MRP")
|
(4 | ) | (22 | ) | ||||
Treasury
stock, at cost (16,706 and 17,869 shares at March 31, 2007 and
2006,
respectively)
|
(277 | ) | (303 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss)
|
451
|
(674 | ) | |||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
51,627
|
48,697
|
||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$ |
739,952
|
$ |
661,396
|
||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
|
CARVER
BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In
thousands, except per share data)
Years
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Interest
Income:
|
||||||||||||
Loans
|
$ |
37,277
|
$ |
26,563
|
$ |
22,940
|
||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
2,877
|
4,439
|
4,605
|
|||||||||
Investment
securities
|
1,325
|
971
|
827
|
|||||||||
Federal
funds sold
|
261
|
412
|
174
|
|||||||||
Total
interest income
|
41,740
|
32,385
|
28,546
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Deposits
|
15,227
|
8,921
|
5,455
|
|||||||||
Advances
and other borrowed money
|
4,007
|
4,572
|
4,303
|
|||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
19,234
|
13,493
|
9,758
|
|||||||||
Net
interest income
|
22,506
|
18,892
|
18,788
|
|||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
276
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
|
22,230
|
18,892
|
18,788
|
|||||||||
Non-interest
income:
|
||||||||||||
Depository
fees and charges
|
2,476
|
2,458
|
2,212
|
|||||||||
Loan
fees and service charges
|
1,238
|
2,231
|
1,675
|
|||||||||
Write-down
of loans held for sale
|
(693 | ) |
--
|
--
|
||||||||
Impairment
of securities
|
--
|
--
|
(1,547 | ) | ||||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of securities
|
702 |
--
|
94
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale of loans
|
192
|
351
|
277
|
|||||||||
Loss
on sale of real estate owned
|
(108 | ) |
--
|
-
|
||||||||
Grant
income
|
--
|
--
|
1,140
|
|||||||||
Other
|
397
|
301
|
224
|
|||||||||
Total
non-interest income
|
2,869
|
5,341
|
4,075
|
|||||||||
Non-interest
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Employee
compensation and benefits
|
10,470
|
9,512
|
9,461
|
|||||||||
Net
occupancy expense
|
2,667
|
2,284
|
1,957
|
|||||||||
Equipment,
net
|
2,071
|
1,939
|
1,608
|
|||||||||
Merger
related expenses
|
1,258
|
--
|
847
|
|||||||||
Other
|
6,873
|
5,399
|
4,823
|
|||||||||
Total
non-interest expense
|
23,339
|
19,134
|
18,696
|
|||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
1,760
|
5,099
|
4,167
|
|||||||||
Income
tax (benefit) expense
|
(823 | ) |
1,329
|
1,518
|
||||||||
Net
income
|
2,583
|
3,770
|
2,649
|
|||||||||
Dividends
payable to preferred stock
|
--
|
--
|
114
|
|||||||||
Net
income available to common stockholders
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,535
|
||||||
Earnings
per common share:
|
||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ |
1.03
|
$ |
1.50
|
$ |
1.06
|
||||||
Diluted
|
$ |
1.00
|
$ |
1.45
|
$ |
1.03
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
CARVER
BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY & COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
(In
thousands)
PREFERRED
STOCK
|
COMMON
STOCK
|
ADDITIONAL
PAID-IN CAPITAL
|
RETAINED
EARNINGS
|
TREASURY
STOCK
|
ACCUMULATED
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
|
COMMON
STOCK ACQUIRED BY ESOP
|
COMMON
STOCK ACQUIRED BY MRP
|
TOTAL
STOCK-HOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
- March 31, 2004
|
$ |
1
|
$ |
23
|
$ |
23,882
|
$ |
20,892
|
$ | (390 | ) | $ |
258
|
$ |
--
|
$ | (21 | ) | $ |
44,645
|
||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income :
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2,649
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2,649
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in net unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of
taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(493 | ) |
--
|
--
|
(493 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income, net of taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2,156
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
paid
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(793 | ) |
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(793 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred
stock redemption
|
(1 | ) |
2
|
--
|
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury
stock activity
|
--
|
--
|
55
|
--
|
(30 | ) |
--
|
--
|
--
|
25
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation
of ESOP Stock
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(126 | ) |
--
|
(126 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of shares for MRP
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(107 | ) | (107 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance—March
31, 2005
|
--
|
25
|
23,937
|
22,748
|
(420 | ) | (235 | ) | (126 | ) | (128 | ) |
45,801
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income :
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
3,770
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
3,770
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
on pension liability
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(281 | ) |
--
|
--
|
(281 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of
taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(158 | ) |
--
|
--
|
(158 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income, net of taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
3,331
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
paid
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(782 | ) |
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(782 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury
stock activity
|
--
|
--
|
(2 | ) |
--
|
117
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
115
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation
of ESOP Stock
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
116
|
--
|
116
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of shares for MRP
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
116
|
116
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance—March
31, 2006
|
--
|
25
|
23,935
|
25,736
|
(303 | ) | (674 | ) | (10 | ) | (12 | ) |
48,697
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income :
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2,583
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2,583
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minumum
pension liability adjustment
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
79
|
--
|
--
|
79
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment
to initially implement SFAS 158
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
281
|
--
|
--
|
281
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of
taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
765
|
--
|
--
|
765
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income, net of taxes
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
3,708
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
paid
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(883 | ) |
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(883 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasury
stock activity
|
--
|
--
|
61
|
--
|
26
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
87
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation
of ESOP Stock
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
6
|
--
|
6
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of shares for MRP
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
12
|
12
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance—March
31, 2007
|
$ |
--
|
$ |
25
|
$ |
23,996
|
$ |
27,436
|
$ | (277 | ) | $ |
451
|
$ | (4 | ) | $ |
--
|
$ |
51,627
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
CARVER
BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars
in thousands)
Years
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,649
|
||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash from operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
276
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Stock
based compensation expense
|
426 |
233
|
358
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
expense
|
1,581
|
1,546
|
1,423
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of premiums and discounts
|
(1,145
|
) |
863
|
1,502
|
||||||||
Impairment
charge on securities
|
-
|
- |
1,547
|
|||||||||
Loss
from sale of securities
|
624
|
-
|
(94 | ) | ||||||||
Gain
on sale of loans
|
(192 | ) | (351 | ) | (277 | ) | ||||||
Writedown
on loans held-for-sale
|
702
|
- | - | |||||||||
Loss
on sale of real estate owned
|
108
|
- | - | |||||||||
Originations
of loans held-for-sale
|
(24,708 | ) | (12,646 | ) | (7,631 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds
from sale of loans held-for-sale
|
14,422
|
12,197
|
8,319
|
|||||||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Increase
in accrued interest receivable
|
(1,365 | ) | (268 | ) | (213 | ) | ||||||
Increase in
other assets
|
(2,662 | ) | (2,430 | ) | (7,618 | ) | ||||||
(Decrease)
increase in other liabilities
|
(4,330 | ) |
4,249
|
(4,452 | ) | |||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
(13,680
|
) |
7,163
|
(4,487 | ) | |||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Purchases
of securities:
|
||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
|
-
|
(26,811 | ) | (83,219 | ) | |||||||
Held-to-maturity
|
-
|
(19 | ) |
-
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from principal payments, maturities and calls of
securities:
|
||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
|
26,539
|
60,645
|
51,383
|
|||||||||
Held-to-maturity
|
7,185
|
4,816
|
11,996
|
|||||||||
Proceeds
from sales of available-for-sale securities
|
57,942
|
1,575
|
7,288
|
|||||||||
Originations
of loans held-for-investment
|
(105,284 | ) | (98,704 | ) | (78,170 | ) | ||||||
Loans
purchased from third parties
|
(58,191 | ) | (96,140 | ) | (104,734 | ) | ||||||
Principal
collections on loans
|
146,110
|
113,482
|
112,603
|
|||||||||
Proceeds
from sales of loan originations held-for-investment
|
16,548
|
10,697
|
-
|
|||||||||
Redemption
(purchase) of FHLB-NY stock
|
1,388
|
498
|
(549 | ) | ||||||||
Additions
to premises and equipment
|
(1,869 | ) | (1,082 | ) | (3,399 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from sale of real estate owned | 404 | |||||||||||
Payment
for acquisition, net of cash acquired
|
(2,425 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
88,647
|
(31,043 | ) | (86,801 | ) | |||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
Net
(decrease)/increase in deposits
|
(33,657 | ) |
48,768
|
79,789
|
||||||||
Net
(repayment of) proceeds from FHLB advances and other borrowed
money
|
(45,660 | ) | (21,507 | ) |
-
|
|||||||
Net
proceeds from FHLB advances and other borrowed money
|
- | - | 10,959 | |||||||||
Common
stock repurchased
|
(321 | ) | (115 | ) | (1,021 | ) | ||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(883 | ) | (782 | ) | (793 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash from financing activities
|
(80,521 | ) |
26,364
|
88,934
|
||||||||
Net
(decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
(5,554 | ) |
2,484
|
(2,354 | ) | |||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of the year
|
22,904
|
20,420
|
22,774
|
|||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of the year
|
$ |
17,350
|
$ |
22,904
|
$ |
20,420
|
||||||
Supplemental
information:
|
||||||||||||
Noncash
Transfers-
|
||||||||||||
Change
in unrealized loss on valuation of available-for-sale investments,
net
|
$ |
765
|
$ | (158 | ) | $ | (493 | ) | ||||
Cash
paid for-
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$ |
19,510
|
$ |
13,502
|
$ |
9,718
|
||||||
Income
taxes
|
$ |
652
|
$ |
2,107
|
$ |
2,395
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
CARVER
BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE
1. SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Nature
of operations
Carver
Bancorp, Inc. (on a stand-alone basis, the “Holding Company” or “Registrant”),
was incorporated in May 1996 and its principal wholly-owned subsidiary is Carver
Federal Savings Bank (the “Bank” or “Carver Federal”). CFSB Realty Corp., CFSB
Credit Corp. and Carver Community Development Corp. are wholly owned
subsidiaries of the Bank. CFSB Credit Corp. is currently
inactive. The Bank owns a majority interest in Carver Asset
Corporation, a real estate investment trust formed in February
2004. The Bank was chartered in 1948 and began operations in 1949 as
Carver Federal Savings and Loan Association, a federally chartered mutual
savings and loan association. The Bank converted to a federal savings
bank in 1986. On October 24, 1994, the Bank converted from mutual to
stock form and issued 2,314,275 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01
per
share. On October 17, 1996, the Bank completed its reorganization
into a holding company structure (the “Reorganization”) and became a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Holding Company. Collectively, the Holding
Company, the Bank and the Holding Company’s other direct and indirect
subsidiaries are referred to herein as the “Company” or “Carver.”
In
September 2003, the Holding Company formed Carver Statutory Trust I (the
“Trust”) for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred securities and
investing the proceeds in an equivalent amount of floating rate junior
subordinated debentures of the Holding Company. In accordance with
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (revised December
2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an interpretation of ARB
No. 51, effective April 1, 2004, the Trust is not consolidated for
financial reporting purposes.
On
October 5, 2006, Carver Federal established Carver Municipal Bank (“CMB”), a
wholly owned, New York State chartered limited purpose commercial bank, with
the
intention of expanding Carver Federal’s ability to compete for municipal and
state agency deposits and provide other fee income based services. The Bank
invested $2.0 million of capital into CMB at its formation. In the State of
New
York, municipal entities may deposit funds only with commercial banks, other
than except through limited exceptions, and CMB provides Carver Federal with
a
platform to enter into this new line of business.
Carver
Federal’s principal business consists of attracting deposit accounts through its
branches and investing those funds in mortgage loans and other investments
permitted by federal savings banks. The Bank has ten branches located
throughout the City of New York that primarily serve the communities in which
they operate.
Basis
of consolidated financial statement presentation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Holding Company,
the Bank and the Bank’s wholly owned or majority owned subsidiaries, Carver
Asset Corporation, CFSB Realty Corp., CMB, Carver Community Development
Corporation, and CFSB Credit Corp. All significant intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. In preparing the consolidated financial statements,
management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated
statement of financial condition and revenues and expenses for the period then
ended. Estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant
changes in the near-term relate to prepayment assumptions on mortgage-backed
securities and mortgage loans, the determination of the allowance for loan
losses and, if applicable, the valuation of real estate owned. Actual
results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Management
believes that prepayment assumptions on mortgage-backed securities and mortgage
loans are appropriate and the allowance for loan losses is
adequate. While management uses available information to recognize
losses on loans, future additions to the allowance for loan losses or future
write downs of real estate owned may be necessary based on changes in economic
conditions in the areas where Carver Federal has extended mortgages and other
credit instruments.
In
addition, the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”), Carver Federal’s regulator,
as an integral part of its examination process, periodically reviews Carver
Federal’s allowance for loan losses and, if applicable, real estate owned
valuations. The OTS may require Carver Federal to recognize additions
to the allowance for loan losses or additional write downs of real estate owned
based on their judgments about information available to them at the time of
their examination.
Cash
and cash equivalents
For
the
purpose of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash, amounts
due from depository institutions, federal funds sold and other short-term
instruments with original maturities of three months or less. Federal
funds sold are generally sold for one-day periods. The amounts due
from depository institutions include a non-interest bearing account held at
the
Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) where any additional cash reserve required on
demand deposits would be maintained. Currently, this reserve
requirement is zero since the Bank’s vault cash satisfies cash reserve
requirements for deposits.
Securities
When
purchased, securities are designated in either the securities held-to-maturity
portfolio or securities available-for-sale portfolio. Securities are
classified as held-to-maturity and carried at amortized cost only if the Bank
has a positive intent and ability to hold such securities to
maturity. Securities held-to-maturity are carried at cost, adjusted
for the amortization of premiums and the accretion of discounts using the
level-yield method over the remaining period until maturity.
If
not
classified as held-to-maturity, securities are classified as available-for-sale
demonstrating management’s ability to sell in response to actual or anticipated
changes in interest rates and resulting prepayment risk or any other
factors. Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair
value. Unrealized holding gains or losses for securities
available-for-sale are excluded from earnings and reported net of deferred
income taxes as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income
(loss), a component of Stockholders’ Equity. Any impairment in the
available-for-sale securities deemed other-than-temporary, is written down
against the cost basis and charged to earnings. No impairment charge
was recorded for fiscal 2007 or 2006, however, during fiscal 2005, Carver
recorded a $1.5 million charge to earnings for impairment in available-for-sale
securities related to 150,000 shares of Independence Federal Savings Bank
(“IFSB”) common stock held in portfolio. The
capital loss realized by the Company on the sale of IFSB shares can be utilized
by the Company to offset capital gains to the extent such gains occur before
the
5th anniversary
of the sale of the IFSB shares.
Gains
or
losses on sales of securities of all classifications are recognized based on
the
specific identification method.
Loans
Held-for-Sale
Loans
held-for-sale are carried at the lower of cost or market value. Premiums paid
and discounts obtained on such loans held-for-sale are deferred as an adjustment
to the carrying value of the loans until the loans are sold.
Loans
Receivable
Loans
receivable are carried at unpaid principal balances plus unamortized premiums
and certain deferred direct loan origination costs, less the allowance for
loan
losses and deferred loan fees and discounts.
The
Bank
defers loan origination fees and certain direct loan origination costs and
accretes such amounts as an adjustment of yield over the expected lives of
the
related loans using methodologies which approximate the interest
method. Premiums and discounts on loans purchased are amortized or
accreted as an adjustment of yield over the contractual lives, of the related
loans, adjusted for prepayments when applicable, using methodologies which
approximate the interest method.
Loans
are
generally placed on non-accrual status when they are past due 90 days or more
as
to contractual obligations or when other circumstances indicate that collection
is questionable. When a loan is placed on non-accrual status, any
interest accrued but not received is reversed against interest
income. Payments received on a non-accrual loan are either applied to
the outstanding principal balance or recorded as interest income, depending
on
an assessment of the ability to collect the loan. A non-accrual loan
is restored to accrual status when principal and interest payments become less
than 90 days past due and its future collectibility is reasonably
assured.
Allowance
for Loan Losses
An
allowance for loan losses is maintained at a level considered adequate to
provide for potential loan losses. Management is responsible for
determining the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses and the periodic
provisioning for estimated losses included in the consolidated financial
statements. The evaluation process is undertaken on a quarterly
basis, but may increase in frequency should conditions arise that would require
management’s prompt attention, such as business combinations and opportunities
to dispose of non-performing and marginally performing loans by bulk sale or
any
development which may indicate an adverse trend.
Carver
Federal maintains a loan review system, which allows for a periodic review
of
its loan portfolio and the early identification of potential problem
loans. Such system takes into consideration, among other things,
delinquency status, size of loans, type of collateral and financial condition
of
the borrowers. Loan loss allowances are established for problem loans
based on a review of such information and/or appraisals of the underlying
collateral. On the remainder of its loan portfolio, loan loss
allowances are based upon a combination of factors including, but not limited
to, actual loan loss experience, composition of loan portfolio, current economic
conditions and management’s judgment. Although management believes
that adequate loan loss allowances have been established, actual losses are
dependent upon future events and, as such, further additions to the level of
the
loan loss allowance may be necessary in the future.
The
methodology employed for assessing the appropriateness of the allowance consists
of the following criteria:
|
·
|
Establishment
of reserve amounts for all specifically identified criticized loans
that
have been designated as requiring attention by management’s internal loan
review program, as discussed further
below
|
|
·
|
An
average loss factor, giving effect to historical loss experience
over
several years and linked to cyclical trends, is applied to smaller
balance
homogenous types of loans not subject to specific review. These
loans include residential one- to four-family, multifamily, nonresidential
and construction loans and also include consumer and business
loans.
|
Recognition
is also given to the changed risk profile brought about by business
combinations, customer knowledge, the results of ongoing credit quality
monitoring processes and the cyclical nature of economic and business
conditions. An important consideration in applying these
methodologies is the concentration of real estate related loans located in
the
New York City metropolitan area.
The
initial allocation or
specific-allowance methodology commences with loan officers and underwriters
grading the quality of their loans on a nine-category risk classification
scale. Loans identified from this process as below investment grade
are referred to the Internal Asset Review Committee for further analysis and
identification of those factors that may ultimately affect the full recovery
or
collectibility of principal and/or interest. These loans are subject
to continuous review and monitoring while they remain in the criticized
category. Additionally, the Internal Asset Review Committee is
responsible for performing periodic reviews of the loan portfolio that are
independent from the identification process employed by loan officers and
underwriters. Gradings that fall into criticized categories are
further evaluated and reserve amounts, if necessary, are established for each
loan.
The
second allocation or loss factor
approach to common or homogeneous loans is made by applying the average loss
factor based on several years of loss experience to the outstanding balances
in
each loan category. It gives recognition to the loss experience of
acquired businesses, business cycle changes and the real estate components
of
loans. Since many loans depend upon the sufficiency of collateral,
any adverse trend in the real estate markets could seriously affect underlying
values available to protect against loss.
A
loan is
considered to be impaired, as defined by Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (“SFAS”) No. 114, “Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a
Loan” (“SFAS 114”), when it is probable that Carver Federal will be unable
to collect all principal and interest amounts due according to the contractual
terms of the loan agreement. Carver Federal tests loans covered under
SFAS 114 for impairment if they are on non-accrual status or have been
restructured. Consumer credit non-accrual loans are not tested for
impairment because they are included in large groups of smaller-balance
homogeneous loans that, by definition are excluded from the scope of SFAS
114. Impaired loans are required to be measured based upon the
present value of expected future cash flows, discounted at the loan’s initial
effective interest rate, or at the loan’s market price or fair value of the
collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. If the loan valuation
is less than the recorded value of the loan, an impairment reserve must be
established for the difference. The impairment reserve is established
by either an allocation of the allowance for credit losses or by a provision
for
credit losses, depending on various circumstances. Impairment
reserves are not needed when credit losses have been recorded so that the
recorded investment in an impaired loan is less than the loan
valuation.
Concentration
of Risk
The
Bank’s principal lending activities are concentrated in loans secured by real
estate, a substantial portion of which is located in New York
City. Accordingly, the ultimate collectibility of a substantial
portion of the Company’s loan portfolio is susceptible to changes in New York’s
real estate market conditions.
Premises
and Equipment
Premises
and equipment are comprised of land, at cost, and buildings, building
improvements, furnishings and equipment and leasehold improvements, at cost,
less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and
amortization charges are computed using the straight-line method over the
following estimated useful lives:
Buildings
and improvements
|
10
to 25 years
|
Furnishings
and equipment
|
3
to 5 years
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
Lesser
of useful life or remaining term of
lease
|
Maintenance,
repairs and minor improvements are charged to non-interest expense in the period
incurred.
Federal
Home Loan Bank Stock
The
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLB-NY”) has assigned to the Bank a
mandated membership stock purchase, based on the Bank’s asset size. In addition,
for all borrowing activity, the Bank is required to purchase shares of FHLB-NY
non-marketable capital stock at par. Such shares are redeemed by FHLB-NY at
par
with reductions in the Bank’s borrowing levels. The Bank carries this investment
at historical cost.
Bank
Owned Life Insurance
Bank
Owned Life Insurance (“BOLI”) is carried at its cash surrender value on the
balance sheet and is classified as a non-interest-earning
asset. Death benefits proceeds received in excess of the policy’s
cash surrender value are recognized to income. Returns on the BOLI
assets are added to the carrying value and included as non-interest income
in
the consolidated statement of operations. Any receipt of benefit
proceeds is recorded as a reduction to the carrying value of the BOLI
asset. At March 31, 2007, Carver held no policy loans against its
BOLI cash surrender values or restrictions on the use of the
proceeds.
Mortgage
Servicing Rights
Mortgage servicing
rights
on originated loans that have been sold are capitalized by allocating the total
cost of the mortgage loans between the mortgage servicing rights and the loans
based on their relative fair values. Mortgage servicing rights are carried
at
the lower of cost or fair value and are amortized in proportion to, and over
the
period of, net servicing income. The estimated fair value of MSR is determined
through a discounted analysis of future cash flows, incorporating numerous
assumptions including servicing income, servicing costs, market discount rates,
prepayment speeds and default rates. Impairment of the MSR is assessed on the
fair value of those rights with any impairment recognized as a component of
loan
servicing fee income.
Real
Estate Owned
Real
estate acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure is recorded at
the
fair value at the date of acquisition and thereafter carried at the lower of
cost or fair value less estimated selling costs. The fair value of
such assets is determined based primarily upon independent appraisals and other
relevant factors. The amounts ultimately recoverable from real estate
owned could differ from the net carrying value of these properties because
of
economic conditions.
Costs
incurred to improve properties or prepare them for sale are
capitalized. Revenues and expenses related to the holding and
operating of properties are recognized in operations as earned or
incurred. Gains or losses on sale of properties are recognized as
incurred. At March 31, 2007, the Bank had no foreclosed real estate,
however as a result of a property tax redemption, the Bank took fee ownership
of
a vacant tract of land in Bayshore, NY with a carrying amount of $28,000 and
is
included with other assets on the statement of condition.
Identifiable
Intangible Assets
In
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards No.142, “Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets” (“SFAS No. 142”) goodwill and intangible assets with
indefinite useful lives are no longer be amortized, rather they are tested
at
least annually for impairment.
Identifiable
intangible assets relate primarily to core deposit premiums, resulting from
the
valuation of core deposit intangibles acquired in the purchase of branches
of
other financial institutions. These identifiable intangible assets are amortized
using the straight-line method over a period of 5 years but not exceeding the
estimated average remaining life of the existing customer deposits acquired.
Amortization periods for intangible assets are monitored to determine if events
and circumstances require such periods to be reduced.
Income
Taxes
Carver
Federal accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability
method. Temporary differences between the basis of assets and
liabilities for financial reporting and tax purposes are measured as of the
balance sheet date. Deferred tax liabilities or recognizable deferred
tax assets are calculated on such differences, using current statutory rates,
which result in future taxable or deductible amounts. The effect on
deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period
that includes the enactment date.
Impairment
The
Company annually evaluates long-lived assets, certain identifiable intangibles
and deferred costs for indication of impairment in value. When
required, asset impairment will be recorded as an expense in the current
period. In fiscal 2005, as a result of the attempted
acquisition of IFSB, Carver invested in 150,000 shares of IFSB common stock
totaling $3.1 million. During fiscal 2005 Carver recognized an
impairment on these shares of $1.5 million and on May 11, 2005,
subsequent to the termination of that acquisition agreement, the Company sold
its entire equity investment in IFSB for an aggregate price of $1.6
million. The
capital loss realized by the Company on the sale of IFSB shares can be utilized
by the Company to offset capital gains to the extent such gains occur before
the
5th anniversary
of the sale of the IFSB shares.
Earnings
per Common Share
Basic
earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing income available to common
stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding. Diluted EPS includes any additional common shares as if
all potentially dilutive common shares were issued (e.g., outstanding share
awards under the Company’s stock option plans). For the purpose of
these calculations, unreleased shares of the Carver Federal Savings Bank
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) are not considered to be
outstanding.
Treasury
Stock
Treasury
stock is recorded at cost and is presented as a reduction of stockholders’
equity.
Pension
Plans
The
Company’s pension benefit and post-retirement health and welfare benefit
obligations, and the related costs, are calculated using actuarial concepts,
within the framework of SFAS No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions”
and SFAS No. 106, “Employers’ Accounting for Post-retirement Benefits Other
than Pensions,” respectively. The measurement of such obligations and expenses
requires that certain assumptions be made regarding several factors, most
notably including the discount rate and the expected return on plan assets.
The
Company evaluates these critical assumptions on an annual basis. Other factors
considered by the Company include retirement patterns, mortality, turnover,
and
the rate of compensation increase.
Under
SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefits Pension and Other
Post-retirement Plans- an amendment of SFAS Statement Nos 87,88.106 and 132(R)”,
actuarial gain and losses, prior services cost or credits, and any remaining
transition assets or obligations that have not been recognized under previous
accounting standards must be recognized in “accumulated other comprehensive
income or loss”, net of taxes effects, until they are amortized as a component
of net of periodic benefit cost. In addition, under SFAS 158 the
measurement date (i.e., the date at which plan assets and the benefit obligation
are measured for financial reporting purposes) is required to be the company’s
fiscal year end. The company presently uses a December 31 measurement date
for
its pension, as permitted by FASB Nos. 87 and 106. In accordance with
SFAS 158, the company will adopt a year-end measurement date on March 31,
2008.
Stock-Based
Compensation Plans
Effective
April 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, "Share-Based
Payment." This statement replaces SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation," and supersedes APB No. 25. SFAS No. 123R requires
that all stock-based compensation be recognized as an expense in the financial
statements and that such cost be measured at the fair value of the
award. This statement was adopted using the modified prospective
method of application, which requires the Company to recognize compensation
expense on a prospective basis. Therefore, prior period financial
statements have not been restated. Under this method, in addition to
reflecting compensation expense for new share-based awards, expense is
also
recognized to reflect the remaining service period of awards that had been
included in pro forma disclosures in prior periods. SFAS No. 123R
also requires that excess tax benefits related to stock option exercises
be
reflected as financing cash inflows instead of operating cash
inflows.
Prior
to
the adoption of SFAS No. 123R on April 1, 2006, the Company applied Accounting
Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees,” and related interpretations in accounting for the Stock Option
Plans. As each granted stock option entitled the holder to purchase shares
of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair
market of the stock on the date of grant, no compensation cost for such
options
was recognized. Had compensation cost for the Stock Option Plans had been
determined, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model, based on the fair
value
at the date of grant for awards made under those plans, consistent with
the
method set forth in SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-based Compensation,” as
amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, “Accounting
for Stock-based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,” (“SFAS No.
148”).
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||
Net
Income available to common shareholders:
|
||||||||
As
reported
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,535
|
||||
Total
stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value
based methods for all awards, net of related tax effects
|
(105 | ) | (124 | ) | ||||
Pro
forma
|
$ |
3,665
|
$ |
2,411
|
||||
Basic
earnings per share:
|
||||||||
As
reported
|
$ |
1.50
|
$ |
1.06
|
||||
Pro
forma
|
1.46
|
1.01
|
||||||
Diluted
earnings per share:
|
||||||||
As
reported
|
$ |
1.45
|
$ |
1.03
|
||||
Pro
forma
|
1.43
|
0.98
|
||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
2,506,029
|
2,381,980
|
Prior
to
the adoption of SFAS No. 123R on January 1, 2006, the Company applied
Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations in accounting for the Stock
Option Plans. As each granted stock option entitled the holder to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to 100% of the
fair market value of the stock on the date of grant, no compensation cost for
such options was recognized. Had compensation cost for the Stock Option Plans
been determined, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model, based on the fair
value at the date of grant for awards made under those plans, consistent with
the method set forth in SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-based
Compensation,” as amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-based Compensation – Transition and
Disclosure,” (“SFAS No. 148”).
Compensation
expense is recognized for the Bank’s ESOP equal to the fair value of shares
committed to be released for allocation to participant accounts. Any
difference between the fair value at that time and the ESOP’s original
acquisition cost is charged or credited to stockholders’ equity (additional
paid-in capital). The cost of unallocated ESOP shares (shares not yet
committed to be released) is reflected as a reduction of stockholders’
equity.
The
Holding Company grants “incentive stock options” only to its employees and
grants “nonqualified stock options” to employees and non-employee
directors. All
options granted, unvested and unexercised as of March 31, 2006 will still be
accounted for under Accounting Principle Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25
“Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, no compensation expense is
recognized if the exercise price of the option is greater than or equal to
the
fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant.
Immaterial
Restatement
The
March
31, 2006 Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition reflects an immaterial
restatement to correctly deconsolidate Carver’s Statutory Trust I subsidiary,
amounting to an increase in other assets and other borrowed money of
$403,000. The outstanding number of unvested shares granted under the
Company’s Management Recognition Plan (MRP) had not been included as potentially
dilutive shares when calculating the diluted EPS for the past several years.
For
each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2005, and 2006 the outstanding number
of unvested MRP shares was 14,735 and
26,539 respectively. Taking these potentially dilutive shares
into account, the diluted EPS would have been $1.03, and $1.45 for 2005, and
2006 respectively compared to reported diluted EPS of $1.03, and
$1.47. Management believes these misstatements to be
immaterial.
Reclassifications
Certain
amounts in the consolidated financial statements presented for prior years
have
been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
NOTE
2. SECURITIES
The
following is a summary of securities at March 31, 2007 (in
thousands):
Amortized
|
Gross
Unrealized
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||||||
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Fair-Value
|
|||||||||||||
Available-for-Sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Government
National Mortgage Association
|
$ |
13,637
|
$ |
47
|
$ | (65 | ) | $ |
13,619
|
|||||||
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
1,116
|
12
|
(3 | ) |
1,125
|
|||||||||||
Federal
National Mortgage Association
|
5,905
|
30
|
(40 | ) |
5,895
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
517
|
20
|
-
|
537
|
||||||||||||
Total
mortgage-backed securities
|
21,175
|
109
|
(108 | ) |
21,176
|
|||||||||||
U.S.
Government Agency Securities
|
26,417
|
387
|
-
|
26,804
|
||||||||||||
Total
available-for-sale
|
47,592
|
496
|
(108 | ) |
47,980
|
|||||||||||
Held-to-Maturity:
|
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Government
National Mortgage Association
|
727
|
25
|
-
|
752
|
||||||||||||
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
13,308
|
9
|
(166 | ) |
13,151
|
|||||||||||
Federal
National Mortgage Association
|
4,792
|
53
|
(50 | ) |
4,795
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
120
|
-
|
-
|
120
|
||||||||||||
Total
mortgage-backed securities
|
18,947
|
87
|
(216 | ) |
18,818
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
190
|
-
|
(3 | ) |
187
|
|||||||||||
Total
held-to-maturity
|
19,137
|
87
|
(219 | ) |
19,005
|
|||||||||||
Total
securities
|
$ |
66,729
|
$ |
583
|
$ | (327 | ) | $ |
66,985
|
The
following is a summary of
securities at March 31, 2006 (in thousands):
Amortized
|
Gross
Unrealized
|
Estimated
|
||||||||||||||
Cost
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||||||||||
Available-for-Sale:
|
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Government
National Mortgage Association
|
$ |
63,499
|
$ |
48
|
$ | (540 | ) | $ |
63,007
|
|||||||
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
2,229
|
8
|
(28 | ) |
2,209
|
|||||||||||
Federal
National Mortgage Association
|
4,696
|
3
|
(110 | ) |
4,589
|
|||||||||||
Total
mortgage-backed securities
|
70,424
|
59
|
(678 | ) |
69,805
|
|||||||||||
U.S.
Government Agency Securities
|
12,386
|
-
|
(309 | ) |
12,077
|
|||||||||||
Total
available-for-sale
|
82,810
|
59
|
(987 | ) |
81,882
|
|||||||||||
Held-to-Maturity:
|
||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Government
National Mortgage Association
|
809
|
36
|
-
|
845
|
||||||||||||
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
17,372
|
15
|
(500 | ) |
16,887
|
|||||||||||
Federal
National Mortgage Association
|
7,900
|
34
|
(107 | ) |
7,827
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
70
|
-
|
-
|
70
|
||||||||||||
Total
mortgage-backed securities
|
26,151
|
85
|
(607 | ) |
25,629
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
253
|
-
|
(2 | ) |
251
|
|||||||||||
Total
held-to-maturity
|
26,404
|
85
|
(609 | ) |
25,880
|
|||||||||||
Total
securities
|
109,214
|
144
|
(1,596 | ) |
107,762
|
The
net
unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities was $388,000 ($240,000 after
taxes) at March 31, 2007 and net unrealized loss of $928,000 ($575,000 after
taxes) at March 31, 2006. On November 30, 2002 the Bank transferred
$22.8 million of mortgage-backed securities from available-for-sale to
held-to-maturity as a result of management’s intention to hold these securities
in portfolio until maturity. A related unrealized gain of $468,000
was recorded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity and is being
amortized over the remaining lives of the securities as an adjustment to
yield. As of March 31, 2007 the carrying value of these securities
was $9.5 million and a related net unrealized gain of $132,000 continues
to be
reported.
There was
a loss of
$624,000 resulting from the sale of available-for-sale securities in
fiscal 2007. In fiscal 2005, Carver recorded a
$1.5
million charge to earnings for impairment in available-for-sale securities
related to 150,000 shares of Independence Federal Savings Bank (“IFSB”) common
stock held in portfolio and the stock was subsequently sold in
fiscal 2006. The
capital loss realized by the Company on the sale of IFSB shares can be utilized
by the Company to offset capital gains to the extent such gains occur before
the
5th anniversary
of the sale of the IFSB shares. Additionally, sales of
available-for-sale securities in fiscal 2005 resulted in gross realized gains
of
$94,000.
At
March
31, 2007 the Bank pledged securities of $39.4 million as collateral for advances
from the FHLB-NY.
The
following is a summary of the carrying value (amortized cost) and fair value
of
securities at March 31, 2007, by remaining period to contractual maturity
(ignoring earlier call dates, if any). Actual maturities may differ
from contractual maturities because certain security issuers have the right
to
call or prepay their obligations.
Amortized
Cost
|
Fair
Value
|
Weighted
Avg Rate
|
||||||||||
Available-for-Sale:
|
||||||||||||
Less
than one year
|
$ |
3,468
|
$ |
3,475
|
6.13 | % | ||||||
One
through five years
|
10,032
|
10,128
|
5.55 | % | ||||||||
Five
through ten years
|
14,574
|
14,781
|
5.46 | % | ||||||||
After
ten years
|
19,518
|
19,596
|
4.99 | % | ||||||||
$ |
47,592
|
$ |
47,980
|
5.33 | % | |||||||
Held-to-maturity:
|
||||||||||||
One
through five years
|
$ |
28
|
$ |
28
|
5.63 | % | ||||||
Five
through ten years
|
$ |
190
|
$ |
187
|
5.62 | % | ||||||
After
ten years
|
18,919
|
18,790
|
5.54 | % | ||||||||
$ |
19,137
|
$ |
19,005
|
5.54 | % |
The
unrealized losses and fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position
at
March 31, 2007 for less than 12 months and 12 months or longer were as
follows:
Less
than 12 months
|
12
months or longer
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Losses
|
Value
|
Losses
|
Value
|
Losses
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-Sale:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
(108 | ) |
9,498
|
-
|
-
|
(108 | ) |
9,498
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Government Agency Securities
|
- |
252
|
-
|
-
|
- |
252
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
available-for-sale
|
(108 | ) |
9,750
|
-
|
-
|
(108 | ) |
9,750
|
||||||||||||||||
Held-to-Maturity:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
(216 | ) |
15,241
|
(216 | ) |
15,241
|
||||||||||||||||||
U.S.
Government Agency Securities
|
(3 | ) |
187
|
(3 | ) | 187 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
held-to-maturity
|
(219 | ) | 15,428 | - | - | (219 | ) | 15,428 | ||||||||||||||||
Total
securities
|
(327 | ) |
25,177
|
-
|
-
|
(327 | ) |
25,177
|
The
unrealized losses and fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position
at
March 31, 2006 were as follows:
Less
than 12 months
|
12
months or longer
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
Unrealized
|
Fair
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Losses
|
Value
|
Losses
|
Value
|
Losses
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-Sale:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
(152 | ) |
19,051
|
(526 | ) |
39,795
|
(678 | ) |
58,846
|
|||||||||||||||
U.S.
Government Agency Securities
|
(141 | ) |
5,725
|
(168 | ) |
6,352
|
(309 | ) |
12,077
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
available-for-sale
|
(293 | ) |
24,776
|
(694 | ) |
46,147
|
(987 | ) |
70,923
|
|||||||||||||||
Held-to-Maturity:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
(502 | ) |
16,777
|
(105 | ) |
5,973
|
(607 | ) |
22,750
|
|||||||||||||||
U.S.
Government Agency Securities
|
(2 | ) |
251
|
(2 | ) |
251
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
Held-to- Maturity
|
(502 | ) |
16,777
|
(107 | ) |
6,224
|
(609 | ) |
23,001
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
securities
|
(795 | ) |
41,553
|
(801 | ) |
52,371
|
(1,596 | ) |
93,924
|
A
total
of 24 securities had an unrealized loss at March 31, 2007 compared to 46 at
March 31, 2006. Based on estimated fair value, all the securities in
an unrealized loss position were United States government agency-backed
securities, which represents 20.3% and 86.7% of total securities at March 31,
2007 and 2006, respectively. The cause of the temporary impairment is
directly related to the change in interest rates. In general, as
interest rates rise, the fair value of securities will decline, and conversely
as interest rates decline, the fair value of securities will
increase. Management considers fluctuations in fair value as a result
of interest rate changes to be temporary, which is consistent with the Bank’s
experience. The impairments are deemed temporary based on the direct
relationship of the decline in fair value to movements in interest rates, the
life of the investments and their high credit quality. To
combat
the impact of net interest margin compression, the Bank not only continued
its
asset liability management strategy of replacing securities as they run off
with
higher yielding mortgage loans and replacing higher costing borrowings with
lower costing deposits; in addition, during September 2006, the Bank accelerated
its asset liability management strategy and executed a series of transactions
designed to hasten the repositioning and de-leveraging of the Bank’s balance
sheet. The Bank sold $47.1 million in lower yielding investments and
used the proceeds to repay certain higher cost deposits and
borrowings. At this time the Bank does not intend to sell additional
securities.
NOTE
3. LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET
The
following is a summary of loans receivable and loans held-for-sale, net of
allowance for loan losses at March 31 (dollars in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
|||||||||||||
Real
estate loans:
|
||||||||||||||||
One-
to four-family
|
$ |
100,912
|
17.16 | % | $ |
143,433
|
28.91 | % | ||||||||
Multifamily
|
91,877
|
15.61
|
104,718
|
21.11
|
||||||||||||
Nonresidential
|
203,186
|
34.72
|
154,044
|
31.05
|
||||||||||||
Construction
|
137,651
|
23.41
|
92,511
|
18.64
|
||||||||||||
Business
|
51,226
|
8.92
|
445
|
0.09
|
||||||||||||
Consumer
|
1,067
|
0.18
|
1,008
|
0.20
|
||||||||||||
Total
loans receivable, gross
|
585,960
|
100.00 | % |
496,159
|
100.00 | % | ||||||||||
Add:
|
||||||||||||||||
Premium
on loans
|
995
|
1,890
|
||||||||||||||
Less:
|
||||||||||||||||
Deferred
fees and loan discounts
|
(995 | ) | (602 | ) | ||||||||||||
Allowance
for loan Losses
|
(5,409 | ) | (4,015 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total
loans receivable, net
|
$ |
580,551
|
$ |
493,432
|
At
March
31, 2007, 89.9% of the Company’s real estate loans receivable was principally
secured by properties located in New York City.
The
mortgage loan portfolios serviced for Federal National Mortgage Association
(“FNMA”) and other third parties are not included in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements. The unpaid principal balances of
these loans aggregated $38.8 million, $33.2 million and $17.9 million at March
31, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively. Custodial escrow balances,
maintained in connection with the above-mentioned loan servicing, were
approximately $111,000, $114,000 and $56,000 at March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively. During the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
the Bank recognized a gain on the sale of loans of $192,000, $351,000 and
$277,000, respectively.
At
March
31, 2007 the Bank pledged $268.3 million in total mortgage loans as collateral
for advances from the FHLB-NY.
The
following is an analysis of the allowance for loan losses for the years ended
March 31 (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Balance
at beginning of the year
|
$ |
4,015
|
$ |
4,097
|
$ |
4,125
|
||||||
Provision
charged to operations
|
276
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Recoveries
of amounts previously charged-off
|
47
|
35
|
45
|
|||||||||
Charge-offs
of loans
|
(120 | ) | (117 | ) | (73 | ) | ||||||
Acquisition
of CCB
|
1,191
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Balance
at end of the year
|
$ |
5,409
|
$ |
4,015
|
$ |
4,097
|
Non-accrual
loans consist of loans for which the accrual of interest has been discounted
as
a result of such loans becoming 90 days or more delinquent as to principal
and/or interest payments. Interest income on non-accrual loans is
recorded when received. Restructured loans consist of loans where
borrowers have been granted concessions in regards to the terms of their loans
due to financial or other difficulties, which rendered them unable to repay
their loans under the original contractual terms.
At
March
31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, the recorded investment in impaired loans was $4.5
million, $2.7 million and $998,000, respectively, all of which represented
non-accrual loans. The related allowance for loan losses for these
impaired loans was approximately $756,000, $276,000 and $160,000 at March 31,
2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The impaired loan portfolio is
primarily collateral dependent. The average recorded investment in
impaired loans during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
was
approximately $3.5 million, $2.2 million and $1.6 million,
respectively. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005, the Company did not recognize any interest income on these impaired
loans. Interest income of $319,000, $79,000 and $83,000, for the
fiscal years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, would
have been recorded on impaired loans had they performed in accordance with
their
original terms.
At
March
31, 2007 other non-performing assets consists of a $28,000 parcel of land that
Carver Federal acquired as a result of a property tax redemption. The
increase in non-accrual loans reflects a $3.8 million group of loans to one
borrower that were restructured and was partially offset by non-performing
loans
that were paid off and payments on other loans which returned them to performing
status.
At
March
31, 2007 and 2006, there were no loans to officers or directors of the
Company.
NOTE
4. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The
detail of premises and equipment as of March 31 is as follows (in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Land
|
$ |
415
|
$ |
415
|
||||
Building
and improvements
|
9,834
|
9,391
|
||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
5,262
|
4,404
|
||||||
Furniture
and Equipment
|
10,039
|
8,367
|
||||||
25,550
|
22,577
|
|||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
(10,924 | ) | (9,383 | ) | ||||
Properties
and Equipment, net
|
$ |
14,626
|
$ |
13,194
|
Depreciation
and amortization charged to operations for the fiscal years ended March 31,
2007, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $1.6 million, $1.5 million and $1.5 million,
respectively.
NOTE
5. ACCRUED INTEREST RECEIVABLE
The
detail of accrued interest receivable as of March 31 is as follows (in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Loans
receivable
|
$ |
3,689
|
$ |
2,300
|
||||
Mortgage-backed
securities
|
590
|
482
|
||||||
Investments
and other interest bearing assets
|
56
|
188
|
||||||
Total
accrued interest receivable
|
$ |
4,335
|
$ |
2,970
|
NOTE
6. DEPOSITS
Deposit
balances and weighted average stated interest rates as of March 31 are as
follows (dollars in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percent
of Total Deposits
|
Weighted
Average Rate
|
Amount
|
Percent
of Total Deposits
|
Weighted
Average Rate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Non-interest-bearing
demand
|
$ |
50,891
|
8.27 | % | 0.00 | % | $ |
31,085
|
6.16 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||||||||
NOW
accounts
|
28,910
|
4.70 | % | 0.31 | % |
27,904
|
5.53 | % | 0.31 | % | ||||||||||||||
Savings
and club
|
137,960
|
22.43 | % | 0.78 | % |
139,724
|
27.69 | % | 0.68 | % | ||||||||||||||
Money
market savings account
|
46,996
|
7.64 | % | 2.18 | % |
40,045
|
7.94 | % | 2.41 | % | ||||||||||||||
Certificates
of deposit
|
347,753
|
56.53 | % | 4.28 | % |
263,963
|
52.31 | % | 3.76 | % | ||||||||||||||
Other
|
2,612
|
0.42 | % | 1.39 | % |
1,917
|
0.38 | % | 1.47 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ |
615,122
|
100.00 | % | 2.78 | % | $ |
504,638
|
100.00 | % | 2.37 | % |
Scheduled
maturities of certificates of deposit are as follows for the years ended March
31 (in thousands):
Period
to Maturity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Percent
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rate
|
<
1Yr.
|
1-2
Yrs.
|
2-3
Yrs.
|
3+
Yrs.
|
2007
|
of
Total
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
0% - 0.99% | $ |
12,401
|
$ |
26
|
$ |
-
|
$ |
12
|
$ |
12,439
|
3.58 | % | $ |
746
|
||||||||||||||||
1% - 1.99% |
20,721
|
122
|
-
|
-
|
20,843
|
5.99 | % |
9,137
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
2% - 3.99 % |
85,567
|
12,480
|
13,047
|
3,901
|
114,995
|
33.07 | % |
137,602
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
4%
and over
|
164,455
|
24,530
|
-
|
10,491
|
199,476
|
57.36 | % |
116,478
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ |
283,144
|
$ |
37,158
|
$ |
13,047
|
$ |
14,404
|
347,753
|
100.00 | % | $ |
263,963
|
The
aggregate amount of certificates of deposit with minimum denominations of
$100,000 or more was approximately $217.4 million at March 31, 2007 compared
to
$183.5 million at March 31, 2006. As
of March 31, 2007, the Bank had pledged $11.8 million of investment
securities as collateral for certain large deposits.
Interest
expense on deposits is as follows for the years ended March 31 (in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
NOW
demand
|
$ |
97
|
$ |
74
|
$ |
69
|
||||||
Savings
and clubs
|
931
|
919
|
801
|
|||||||||
Money
market savings
|
1,133
|
601
|
302
|
|||||||||
Certificates
of deposit
|
13,079
|
7,321
|
4,268
|
|||||||||
Mortgagors
deposits
|
30
|
30
|
25
|
|||||||||
15,270
|
8,945
|
5,465
|
||||||||||
Penalty
for early withdrawal of certificates of deposit
|
(43 | ) | (24 | ) | (10 | ) | ||||||
Total
interest expense
|
$ |
15,227
|
$ |
8,921
|
$ |
5,455
|
NOTE
7. BORROWED MONEY
Federal
Home Loan Bank Advances. FHLB-NY advances and weighted average interest
rates by remaining period to maturity at March 31 are as follows (dollars in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||||
Maturing
|
||||||||||||||||||
Year
Ended
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||
March
31,
|
Average
Rate
|
Amount
|
Average
Rate
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||||
2007
|
- | % | $ |
-
|
4.40 | % | $ |
49,434
|
||||||||||
2008
|
4.58
|
32,500
|
3.65
|
16,200
|
||||||||||||||
2009
|
3.78
|
15,107
|
3.78
|
15,107
|
||||||||||||||
2013
|
3.50
|
168
|
3.50
|
194
|
||||||||||||||
4.32 | % | $ |
47,775
|
4.13 | % | $ |
80,935
|
As
a
member of the FHLB-NY, the Bank may have outstanding FHLB-NY borrowings in
a
combination of term advances and overnight funds of up to 25% of its total
assets, or approximately $185 million at March 31, 2007. Borrowings
are secured by the Bank’s investment in FHLB-NY stock and by a blanket security
agreement. This agreement requires the Bank to maintain as collateral certain
qualifying assets (principally mortgage loans and securities) not otherwise
pledged. At March 31, 2007, advances were secured by pledges of the
Bank’s investment in the capital stock of the FHLB-NY totaling $3.2 million and
a blanket assignment of the Bank’s unpledged qualifying mortgage loans of $175.3
million and mortgage-backed and investment securities of $39.4
million. The Bank has sufficient collateral at the FHLB-NY to be able
to borrow an additional $58.4 million from the FHLB-NY at March 31,
2007.
Subordinated
Debt Securities. On September 17, 2003, Carver Statutory Trust I,
issued 13,000 shares, liquidation amount $1,000 per share, of floating rate
capital securities. Gross proceeds from the sale of these trust
preferred debt securities of $13.0 million, and proceeds from the sale of
the
trust's common securities of $403,000, were used to purchase approximately
$13.4
million aggregate principal amount of the Holding Company's floating rate
junior
subordinated debt securities due 2033. The trust preferred debt
securities are redeemable at par quarterly at the option of the Company
beginning on or after September 17, 2008 and have a mandatory redemption
date of
September 17, 2033. Cash distributions on the trust preferred debt securities
are cumulative and payable at a floating rate per annum resetting quarterly
with
a margin of 3.05% over the three-month LIBOR.
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding Carver Federal’s
borrowings as of and for the years ended March 31 (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Amounts
outstanding at the end of year:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ |
47,775
|
$ |
80,935
|
$ |
102,500
|
||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
$ |
13,318
|
$ |
13,260
|
$ |
13,202
|
||||||
Rate
paid at year end:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
4.32 | % | 4.13 | % | 3.78 | % | ||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
8.40 | % | 7.97 | % | 6.08 | % | ||||||
Maximum
amount of borrowing outstanding at any month end:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ |
93,975
|
$ |
112,488
|
$ |
112,506
|
||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
$ |
13,318
|
$ |
13,260
|
$ |
13,202
|
||||||
Approximate
average amounts outstanding for year:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
$ |
65,567
|
$ |
94,798
|
$ |
97,013
|
||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
$ |
13,286
|
$ |
13,230
|
$ |
13,171
|
||||||
Approximate
weighted average rate paid during year:
|
||||||||||||
FHLB
advances
|
4.36 | % | 3.81 | % | 3.71 | % | ||||||
Guaranteed
preferred beneficial interest in junior subordinated
debentures
|
8.33 | % | 7.50 | % | 5.49 | % |
NOTE
8. INCOME TAXES
The
components of income tax (benefit) expense for the years ended March 31 are
as
follow (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Federal
income tax expense (benefit):
|
||||||||||||
Current
|
$ |
1,887
|
$ |
1,155
|
$ |
1,978
|
||||||
Deferred
|
(3,018 | ) |
35
|
(782 | ) | |||||||
(1,131 | ) |
1,190
|
1,196
|
|||||||||
State
and local income tax expense:
|
||||||||||||
Current
|
313
|
196
|
418
|
|||||||||
Deferred
|
(5 | ) | (57 | ) | (96 | ) | ||||||
308
|
139
|
322
|
||||||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
provision for income tax (benefit) expense
|
$ | (823 | ) | $ |
1,329
|
$ |
1,518
|
The
following is a reconciliation of the expected federal income tax rate to the
consolidated effective tax rate for the years ended March 31 (dollars in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Statutory
federal income tax
|
$ |
598
|
34.0 | % | $ |
1,734
|
34.0 | % | $ |
1,417
|
34.0 | % | ||||||||||||
State
and local income taxes, net of Federal tax
benefit
|
204
|
11.59 | % |
92
|
1.8 | % |
213
|
5.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
New
Markets Tax Credit
|
(1,475 | ) | -83.81 | % |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
General
business credit
|
(69 | ) | -3.92 | % | (73 | ) | -1.5 | % |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Release
of contingency reserve
|
-
|
-
|
(500 | ) | -9.8 | % |
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||
Other
|
(81 | ) | -4.60 | % |
76
|
1.5 | % | (112 | ) | -2.7 | % | |||||||||||||
Total
income tax (benefit) expense
|
$ | (823 | ) | -46.7 | % | $ |
1,329
|
26.0 | % | $ |
1,518
|
36.4 | % |
Carver
Federal’s stockholders’ equity includes approximately $2.8 million at each of
March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, which has been segregated for federal income
tax
purposes as a bad debt reserve. The use of this amount for purposes
other than to absorb losses on loans may result in taxable income for federal
income taxes at the then current tax rate.
Tax
effects of existing temporary differences that give rise to significant portions
of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are included in other assets
at March 31 are as follows (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Deferred
Tax Assets:
|
||||||||
Income
from affiliate
|
$ |
1,876
|
$ |
1,975
|
||||
Allowance
for loan losses
|
1,839
|
1,365
|
||||||
Deferred
loan fees
|
371
|
235
|
||||||
Compensation
and benefits
|
109
|
113
|
||||||
Non-accrual
loan interest
|
587
|
284
|
||||||
Reserve
for losses on other assets
|
-
|
65
|
||||||
Capital
loss carryforward
|
591
|
591
|
||||||
Deferred
rent
|
111
|
-
|
||||||
Purchase
accounting adjustment
|
702
|
-
|
||||||
Unrealized
loss on available-for-sale securities
|
-
|
240
|
||||||
New
market tax credit
|
1,242
|
-
|
||||||
Minimum
pension liability
|
-
|
173
|
||||||
Other
|
2
|
2
|
||||||
Total
Deferred Tax Assets
|
$ |
7,430
|
$ |
5,043
|
||||
Deferred
Tax Liabilities:
|
||||||||
Depreciation
|
128
|
352
|
||||||
Minimum
pension liability
|
50
|
-
|
||||||
Unrealized
gain on available-for-sale securities
|
228
|
-
|
||||||
Total
Deferred Tax Liabilities
|
406
|
352
|
||||||
Net
Deferred Tax Assets
|
$ |
7,024
|
$ |
4,691
|
In
June 2006, the Bank was awarded a $59.0 million allocation under the
NMTC program from the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (“CDFI”)
of the Department of the Treasury. The NMTC program, administered by the
Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund, permits certain entities to receive a
credit against federal income taxes for making qualified investments to help
stimulate growth and create jobs in selected communities. The allocation was
awarded to CCDC, a for-profit subsidiary created by the Bank to administer
the
initiative. The credit totals 39% of the award or approximately $23.0 million
in
tax credits. The credits are allocated over a seven-year period,
consistent with CCDC’s ability to make loans or other investments meeting CDFI
guidelines and subject to agreements with the CDFI. A portion of the benefit
of
the tax credit will be shared with the community and developers through a
variety of means, including loan pricing and loan products. The Bank’s tax
benefits began to accrue in December 2006, when a qualifying funding
was made.
A
valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets at March 31, 2007 and 2006
was not required since it is more likely than not that the results of future
operations will generate sufficient future taxable income to realize the
deferred tax asset.
NOTE
9. EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
The
following table reconciles the earnings available to common shareholders
(numerator) and the weighted average common stock outstanding (denominator)
for
both basic and diluted earnings per share for years ended March 31 (in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,649
|
||||||
Preferred
stock dividends
|
-
|
-
|
(114 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income – basic
|
2,583
|
3,770
|
2,535
|
|||||||||
Impact
of conversion/potential conversion of convertible preferred stock
to
common stock
|
-
|
-
|
114
|
|||||||||
Net
income – diluted
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,649
|
||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding – basic
|
2,511
|
2,506
|
2,382
|
|||||||||
Effect
of dilutive options
|
57
|
59
|
84
|
|||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities convertible preferred stock
|
-
|
-
|
113
|
|||||||||
Effect
of dilutive MRP shares
|
18
|
27
|
15
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding – diluted
|
2,586
|
2,592
|
2,594
|
NOTE
10. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Conversion
and Stock Offering. On October 24, 1994, the Bank issued in an initial
public offering 2,314,375 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common
Stock”), at a price of $10 per share resulting in net proceeds of $21.5
million. As part of the initial public offering, the Bank established
a liquidation account at the time of conversion, in an amount equal to the
surplus and reserves of the Bank at September 30, 1994. In the
unlikely event of a complete liquidation of the Bank (and only in such event),
eligible depositors who continue to maintain accounts shall be entitled to
receive a distribution from the liquidation account. The total amount
of the liquidation account may be decreased if the balances of eligible deposits
decreased as measured on the annual determination dates. The Bank is
not permitted to pay dividends to the Holding Company on its capital stock
if
the effect thereof would cause its net worth to be reduced below either: (i)
the
amount required for the liquidation account, or (ii) the amount required for
the
Bank to comply with applicable minimum regulatory capital
requirements.
Regulatory
Capital. The operations and profitability of the Bank are
significantly affected by legislation and the policies of the various regulatory
agencies. The OTS has promulgated capital requirements for financial
institutions consisting of minimum tangible and core capital ratios of 1.5%
and
3.0%, respectively, of the institution’s adjusted total assets and a minimum
risk-based capital ratio of 8.0% of the institution’s risk weighted
assets. Although the minimum core capital ratio is 3.0%, the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act, as amended (“FDICIA”), stipulates
that an institution with less than 4.0% core capital is deemed undercapitalized.
At March 31, 2007 and 2006, the Bank exceeded all of its regulatory capital
requirements.
The
following is a summary of the Bank’s actual capital amounts and ratios as of
March 31, 2007 and 2006 compared to the OTS requirements for minimum capital
adequacy and for classification as a well-capitalized
institution:
GAAP
|
Tangible
|
Leverage
|
Risk-Based
|
|||||||||||||
Capital
|
Equity
|
Capital
|
Capital
|
|||||||||||||
Stockholders'
Equity at March 31, 2007 (1)
|
$ |
64,591
|
$ |
64,591
|
$ |
64,591
|
$ |
64,591
|
||||||||
Add:
|
||||||||||||||||
General
valuation allowances
|
-
|
-
|
5,409
|
|||||||||||||
Deduct:
|
||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
gains on securities available-for-sale, net
|
372
|
372
|
372
|
|||||||||||||
Goodwill
and qualifying intangible assets, net
|
6,400
|
6,400
|
6,400
|
|||||||||||||
Regulatory
Capital
|
57,819
|
57,819
|
63,228
|
|||||||||||||
Minimum
Capital requirement
|
14,641
|
29,293
|
49,241
|
|||||||||||||
Regulatory
Capital Excess
|
$ |
43,178
|
$ |
28,526
|
$ |
13,987
|
(1)
Carver Federal only
Comprehensive
Income. Comprehensive income represents net income and certain amounts
reported directly in stockholders’ equity, such as the net unrealized gain or
loss on securities available for sale and loss on pension
liability. The Holding Company has reported its comprehensive income
for fiscal 2007, 2006 and 2005 in the Consolidated Statements of Changes in
Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income. Carver Federal’s
accumulated other comprehensive income or loss included net
unrealized gains on securities at March 31, 2007 of $372,000 and net unrealized
losses on securities at March 31, 2006 of $393,000. Included in the
amounts at March 31, 2006 were unrealized gains of $183,000 relating to
available-for-sale securities that were transferred during fiscal 2003 to
held-to-maturity. This unrealized gain is an unrealized gain reported
as a separate component of stockholders’ equity and is amortized over the
remaining lives of the securities as an adjustment to yield. Also
included in accumulated other comprehensive income at March 31, 2007 was a
gain
on the Bank’s pension plan liabilities of $79,000, net of taxes. At
March 31, 2006, there was a loss on the Bank’s employee pension plan liability
of $281,000, net of taxes, included in accumulated other comprehensive
loss.
NOTE
11. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS
Pension
Plan. Carver Federal has a non-contributory defined benefit pension
plan covering all who were participants prior to curtailment of the plan. The
benefits are based on each employee’s term of service through the date of
curtailment. Carver Federal’s policy was to fund the plan with contributions
which equal the maximum amount deductible for federal income tax
purposes. The plan was curtailed during the fiscal year ended March
31, 2001.
The
following table sets forth the
plan’s changes in benefit obligation, changes in plan assets and funded status
and amounts recognized in Carver Federal’s consolidated financial statements at
March 31 (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Change
in projected benefit obligation during the year
|
||||||||
Projected
benefit obligation at the beginning of year
|
$ |
2,892
|
$ |
2,785
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
159
|
163
|
||||||
Actuarial
loss
|
55
|
197
|
||||||
Benefits
paid
|
(219 | ) | (253 | ) | ||||
Projected
benefit obligation at end of year
|
$ |
2,887
|
$ |
2,892
|
||||
Change
in fair value of plan assets during the year
|
||||||||
Fair
value of plan assets at beginning of year
|
$ |
2,870
|
$ |
2,950
|
||||
Actual
return on plan assets
|
226
|
173
|
||||||
Benefits
paid
|
(219 | ) | (253 | ) | ||||
Fair
value of plan assets at end of year
|
$ |
2,877
|
$ |
2,870
|
||||
Funded
status
|
$ |
(10
|
) | $ | (22 | ) | ||
Unrecognized
loss
|
N/A
|
454
|
||||||
Accrued
pension cost
|
$ |
(10
|
) | $ |
432
|
Net
periodic pension benefit includes the following components for the years ended
March 31:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
$ |
159
|
$ |
163
|
$ |
167
|
||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(220 | ) | (227 | ) | (236 | ) | ||||||
Net
periodic pension (benefit)
|
$ | (61 | ) | $ | (64 | ) | $ | (69 | ) |
Significant
actuarial assumptions used in determining plan benefits for the years ended
March 31 are as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Annual
salary increase (1)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||||||
Expected
long-term return on assets
|
8.00 | % | 8.00 | % | 8.00 | % | ||||||
Discount
rate used in measurement of benefit obligations
|
5.88 | % | 5.75 | % | 6.10 | % |
(1)
The
annual salary increase rate is not applicable as the plan is frozen and no
new
benefits accrue.
Directors’
Retirement Plan. Concurrent with the conversion to the stock form of
ownership, Carver Federal adopted a retirement plan for non-employee
directors. The plan was curtailed during the fiscal year ended March
31, 2001. The benefits are payable based on the term of service as a
director through the date of curtailment. The following table sets forth the
plan’s changes in benefit obligation, changes in plan assets and funded status
and amounts recognized in Carver Federal’s consolidated financial statements at
March 31 (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Change
in projected benefit obligation during the year:
|
||||||||
Projected
benefit obligation at beginning of year
|
$ |
102
|
$ |
136
|
||||
Interest
cost
|
5
|
7
|
||||||
Actuarial
gain
|
(50 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||
Benefits
paid
|
(21 | ) | (34 | ) | ||||
Projected
benefit obligation at end of year
|
$ |
36
|
$ |
102
|
||||
Change
in fair value of plan assets during the year
|
||||||||
Fair
value of plan assets at beginning of year
|
$ |
–
|
$ |
–
|
||||
Employer
contributions
|
21
|
34
|
||||||
Benefits
paid
|
(21 | ) | (34 | ) | ||||
Fair
value of plan assets at end of year
|
$ |
–
|
$ |
–
|
||||
Funded
Status
|
$ | (36 | ) | $ | (102 | ) | ||
Unrecognized
(gain)
|
N/A
|
(22 | ) | |||||
Accrued
pension cost
|
$ | (36 | ) | $ | (124 | ) |
Impact
of Applying SFAS No. 158 on the Company’s Consolidated
Statement of Condition
The
following table indicates the impact of applying SFAS No. 158 on the
Company’s Consolidated Statement of Condition at December 31,
2006:
Before Application of
SFAS No. 158
|
SFAS
No. 158 Adjustment
|
After Application of
SFAS No. 158
|
||||||||||
Liaibilty
for pension benefit costs
|
$ |
628
|
$ |
504
|
$ |
124
|
||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
$ | (173 | ) | $ | (223 | ) | $ |
50
|
||||
Total
Liabilities
|
$ |
612,296
|
$ |
281
|
$ |
612,577
|
||||||
AOCL,
net of tax
|
$ | (674 | ) | $ |
281
|
$ | (393 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$ |
48,697
|
$ |
281
|
$ |
48,978
|
Net
periodic pension costs for the years ended March 31 are as follows (in
thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
$ |
5
|
$ |
6
|
$ |
9
|
||||||
Net
periodic pension cost
|
$ |
5
|
$ |
6
|
$ |
9
|
The
actuarial assumptions used in determining plan benefits include a discount
rate
of 5.875%, 5.75%, and 6.1% for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
Savings
Incentive Plan. Carver has a savings incentive plan, pursuant to Section
401(k) of the Code, for all eligible employees of the Bank. The Bank matches
contributions to the 401(k) Plan equal to 100% of pre-tax contributions made
by
each employee up to a maximum of 4% of their pay, subject to IRS limitations.
All such matching contributions are fully vested and non-forfeitable at all
times regardless of the years of service with the Bank. Under the profit-sharing
feature, if the Bank achieves a minimum of 70% of its net income goal as
mentioned previously, the Compensation Committee may authorize an annual
non-elective contribution to the 401(k) Plan on behalf of each eligible employee
up to 2% of the employee’s annual pay, subject to IRS limitations. This
non-elective contribution may be made regardless of whether the employee
makes a
contribution to the 401(k) Plan. Non-elective Bank contributions, if awarded,
vest 20% each year for the first five years of employment and are fully vested
thereafter. To be eligible for the matching contribution, the employee must
be
21 years of age and have completed at least one year of service. To be eligible
for the non-elective Carver contribution, the employee must also be employed
as
of the last day of the plan year. Total savings incentive plan expenses for
the
years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were $196,000, $198,000 and $174,000,
respectively.
BOLI. The
Bank owns one BOLI plan which was formed to offset future employee benefit
costs
and provide additional benefits due to its tax exempt nature. Only
officer level employees are covered under this program.
An
initial investment of $8.0 million was made to the BOLI program on September
21,
2004. At March 31, 2007 the Consolidated Statement of Conditions
reflects a net cash surrender value of $8.8 million. The related
income is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as a component
of other non-interest income.
Management
Recognition Plan (“MRP”). The MRP provided for grants of
restricted stock to certain employees at September 12, 1995 adoption of the
MRP. On March 28, 2005 the plan was amended for all future
awards. The MRP provides for additional discretionary grants of
restricted stock to those employees selected by the committee established to
administer the MRP. Awards granted prior to March 28, 2005, generally
vest in three to five equal annual installments commencing on the first
anniversary date of the award, provided the recipient is still an employee
of
the Holding Company or the Bank on such date. Under the amended plan
awards granted after March 28, 2005 vest based on a five-year
performance-accelerated vesting schedule. Ten percent of the awarded
shares vest in each of the first four years and the remainder in the fifth
year,
but the Committee may accelerate vesting at anytime. Awards will become
100% vested upon termination of service due to death or
disability. When shares become vested and are distributed, the
recipients will receive an amount equal to any accrued dividends with respect
thereto. There are no shares to grant under the
MRP. Pursuant to the MRP, the Bank recognized $118,000, $134,000 and
$158,000 as expense for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
Employee
Stock Ownership Plan. Effective upon conversion, an ESOP was established
for all eligible employees. The ESOP used $1,821,000 in proceeds from a term
loan obtained from a third-party institution to purchase 182,132 shares of
Bank
common stock in the initial public offering. Each year until the loan
paid off in June of 2004, the Bank made discretionary contributions to the
ESOP,
which were equal to principal and interest payments required on the term loan
less any dividends received by the ESOP on unallocated shares.
Shares
purchased with the loan proceeds
were initially pledged as collateral for the term loan. Currently,
shares are purchased in the open market in accordance with Carver’s common stock
repurchase program and are held in a suspense account for future allocation
among the participants on the basis of compensation, as described by the Plan,
in the year of allocation. In May 2006,
Carver
amended the ESOP so that no new participants are eligible to enter after
December 31, 2006 and the Compensation Committee voted to cease discretionary
contributions after the 2006 allocation. ESOP compensation expense was $125,000,
$200,000 and $200,000 for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
The
ESOP
shares at March 31 are as follows (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Allocated
shares
|
73
|
72
|
||||||
Unallocated
shares
|
-
|
1
|
||||||
Total
ESOP shares
|
73
|
73
|
||||||
Fair
value of unallocated shares
|
$ | - | $ |
10
|
Stock
Option Plans. During 1995, the Holding
Company adopted the 1995 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) to advance the interests
of the Bank through providing stock options to select key employees and
directors of the Bank and its affiliates. The number of shares
reserved for issuance under the plan was 338,862. The 1995 plan
expired by its term and no new options may be granted under it, however, stock
options granted under the 1995 Plan continue in accordance with their
terms. At March 31, 2007, there were 240,087 options outstanding and
192,110 were exercisable. Options are granted at the fair market
value of Carver Federal common stock at the time of the grant for a period
not
to exceed ten years. Under the 1995 Plan option grants generally vest
on an annual basis ratably over either three or five years, commencing after
one
year of service and, in some instances, portions of option grants vest at the
time of the grant. On March 28, 2005, the plan was amended and
vesting of future awards is based on a five-year performance-accelerated vesting
schedule. Ten percent of the awarded options vest in each of the
first four years and the remainder in the fifth year, but the Committee may
accelerate vesting at anytime. All options are exercisable immediately
upon a participant’s disability, death or a change in control, as defined in the
Plan.
In
September 2006, Carver shareholders approved the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
which
provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights and
restricted stock to employees and directors who are selected to receive awards
by the Committee. The 2006 Incentive Plan authorizes Carver to grant
awards with respect to 300,000 shares, but no more than 150,000 shares of
restricted stock may be granted. Options are granted at a price not less than
fair market value of Carver Federal common stock at the time of the grant for
a
period not to exceed 10 years. Shares generally vest in 20%
increments over 5 years, however, the Committee may specify a different vesting
schedule. At March 31, 2007, there were 16,469 options outstanding
under the 2006 Incentive Plan and none were
exercisable. All options are exercisable immediately upon
a participant’s disability, death or a change in control, as defined in the
Plan, if the person is employed on that date.
Information
regarding stock options as of and for the years ended March 31 is as
follows:
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Options
|
Price
|
Options
|
Price
|
Options
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding,
beginning of year
|
238,061
|
$ |
12.90
|
225,292
|
$ |
12.37
|
229,636
|
$ |
11.25
|
|||||||||||||||
Granted
|
21,019
|
16.50
|
35,277
|
16.98
|
39,347
|
19.65
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(11,776 | ) |
9.57
|
(9,903 | ) |
9.57
|
(35,954 | ) |
12.75
|
|||||||||||||||
Forfeited
|
(7,217 | ) |
17.44
|
(12,605 | ) |
17.44
|
(7,737 | ) |
14.38
|
|||||||||||||||
Outstanding,
end of year
|
240,087
|
13.24
|
238,061
|
12.90
|
225,292
|
12.37
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exercisable
at year end
|
192,110
|
144,836
|
151,846
|
Information
regarding stock options as of and for the year ended March 31, 2007 is as
follows :
Options
Outstanding
|
Options
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Range
of
|
Remaining
|
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
Prices
|
Shares
|
Life
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
||||||||||||||||||
$ |
8.00
|
$ |
8.99
|
60,000
|
3
years
|
$ |
8.17
|
60,000
|
$ |
8.17
|
|||||||||||||
9.00
|
9.99
|
32,000
|
4
years
|
9.93
|
32,000
|
9.93
|
|||||||||||||||||
10.00
|
10.99
|
3,000
|
3
years
|
10.38
|
3,000
|
10.38
|
|||||||||||||||||
12.00
|
12.99
|
39,875
|
5
years
|
12.10
|
39,475
|
12.10
|
|||||||||||||||||
13.00
|
13.99
|
1,000
|
1
year
|
13.81
|
1,000
|
13.81
|
|||||||||||||||||
16.00
|
16.99
|
46,267
|
7
years
|
16.48
|
29,798
|
16.48
|
|||||||||||||||||
17.00
|
17.99
|
29,592
|
7
years
|
17.19
|
11,092
|
17.19
|
|||||||||||||||||
19.00
|
19.99
|
27,243
|
6
years
|
19.65
|
14,635
|
19.65
|
|||||||||||||||||
20.00
|
20.99
|
729
|
8
years
|
20.00
|
729
|
20.00
|
|||||||||||||||||
21.00
|
21.99
|
381
|
7
years
|
21.76
|
381
|
21.76
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
|
240,087
|
192,110
|
The
fair
value of the option grants was estimated on the date of the grant using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model applying the following weighted average
assumptions:
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.5 | % | 3.5 | % | 2.5 | % | ||||||
Volatility
|
19.0 | % | 35.0 | % | 45.0 | % | ||||||
Annual
dividends
|
$ |
0.32
|
$ |
0.28
|
$ |
0.20
|
||||||
Expected
life of option grants
|
7
yrs
|
7
yrs
|
7
yrs
|
Under
the
provisions of SFAS No. 123R, the Company recorded compensation expense of
$234,000 during the year ended March 31, 2007. There was no material impact
to
net income, net income per share or cash flows resulting from the adoption
of
SFAS No. 123R, as compared to what would have been recorded under APB 25.
As of
March 31, 2007, the total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related
to
stock options granted under the Company’s plan was $140,000, which is expected
to be recognized over a weighted-average vesting period of 1.7
years.
Performance
Compensation Plan. In
2006,
Carver adopted the Performance Compensation Plan of Carver Bancorp, Inc.
This plan provides for cash payments to officers or employees designated by
the
Compensation Committee, which also determines the amount awarded to such
participants. Vesting is generally 20% a year over 5 years and awards
are fully vested on a change in control (as defined), or termination
of employment by death or disability, but the Committee may accelerate
vesting at any time. Payments are made as soon as practicable after
the end of the fiscal year in which amounts vest. In
fiscal
year 2007, the Company granted its first awards under the new plan. The
amount granted was $370,000. The amount recognized in fiscal year 2007 was
$62,000. The remaining vesting period for this initial grant is 4.2
years.
NOTE
12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Credit
Related Commitments. The Bank 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 primarily include commitments to extend credit and to
sell
loans. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and
interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the statements of
financial condition. The contract amounts of those instruments reflect the
extent of involvement the Bank has in particular classes of financial
instruments.
The
Bank’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party
to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit is represented
by
the contractual notional amount of those instruments. The Bank uses the same
credit policies making commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet
instruments.
The
Bank
had outstanding commitments at March 31 as follows (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Commitments
to originate mortgage loans
|
$ |
107,115
|
$ |
64,163
|
||||
Commitments
to originate commercial and consumer loans
|
214
|
439
|
||||||
Lines
of credit
|
300
|
-
|
||||||
Letters
of credit
|
-
|
1,795
|
||||||
Total
|
$ |
107,629
|
$ |
66,397
|
At
March
31, 2007, of the $107.1 million in outstanding commitments to originate mortgage
loans, $75.4 million represented construction loans at an average rate of 8.25%,
$24.9 million represented commitments to originate non-residential mortgage
loans at rates within a range of 7.08% to 9.75% and $7.0 million represented
the
balance of one- to four-family residential loans at rates between 6.75% and
8.00%.
The
balance of commitments on commercial and consumer loans at March 31, 2007 is
primarily undisbursed funds from approved unsecured commercial lines of
credit. All such lines carry adjustable rates mainly tied to
prime.
Commitments
to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no
violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally
have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment
of a fee. Since some of the commitments are expected to expire without being
drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future
cash requirements. The Bank evaluates each customer’s creditworthiness on a
case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained if deemed necessary by
the
Bank upon extension of credit is based on management’s credit evaluation of the
counter-party.
Lease
Commitments. Rentals, including real estate taxes, under long
term operating leases for certain branches aggregated approximately $903,000,
$717,000, and $479,000 for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively. As of March 31, 2007, minimum rental commitments under all
noncancellable leases with initial or remaining terms of more than one year
and
expiring through 2018 follow (in thousands):
Year
Ending
|
Minimum
|
|||
March
31,
|
Rental
|
|||
2008
|
915
|
|||
2009
|
946
|
|||
2010
|
978
|
|||
2011
|
972
|
|||
2012
|
744
|
|||
Thereafter
|
3,584
|
|||
$ |
8,139
|
The
Bank
also has, in the normal course of business, commitments for services and
supplies.
Legal
Proceedings. From time to time, Carver Federal is a party to
various legal proceedings incidental to its business. Certain claims,
suits, complaints and investigations involving Carver Federal, arising in the
ordinary course of business, have been filed or are pending. The
Company is of the opinion, after discussion with legal counsel representing
Carver Federal in these proceedings, that the aggregate liability or loss,
if
any, arising from the ultimate disposition of these matters would not have
a
material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or
results of operations. At March 31, 2007, there were no material
legal proceedings to which the Company or its subsidiaries was a party or to
which any of their property was subject.
NOTE
13. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
SFAS
107
“Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” requires the
Bank to disclose, in addition to the carrying value, the fair value of certain
financial instruments, both assets and liabilities recorded on and off balance
sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate fair value. SFAS 107
defines financial instrument as cash, evidence of ownership of an entity, or
a
contract that conveys or imposes on an entity the contractual right or
obligation to either receive or deliver cash or another financial
instrument. The fair value of a financial instrument is defined as
the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction
between willing parties, other than a forced or liquidation sale and is best
evidenced by a quoted market price if one exists. In cases where quoted market
prices are not available, estimated fair values have been determined by the
Bank
using the best available data and estimation methodology suitable for each
category of financial instrument. For those loans and deposits with
floating interest rates, it is presumed that estimated fair values generally
approximate their recorded book balances. The estimation methodologies used
and
the estimated fair values and carrying values of the Bank’s financial
instruments are set forth below:
Cash
and cash equivalents and accrued interest receivable
The
carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents and accrued interest receivable
approximate fair value because they mature in three months or less.
Securities
The
fair
values for securities available-for-sale, mortgage-backed securities
held-to-maturity and investment securities held-to-maturity are based on quoted
market or dealer prices, if available. If quoted market or dealer prices are
not
available, fair value is estimated using quoted market or dealer prices for
similar securities.
Loans
receivable and loan held-for-sale
The
fair
value of loans receivable and held-for-sale is estimated by discounting future
cash flows, using current rates at which similar loans would be made to
borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities
of
such loans.
Mortgage
servicing rights
The
fair value of mortgage servicing
rights is estimated by discount future cash flows, using current rates at which
similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for
the
same remaining maturities of such loans.
Deposits
The
fair
value of demand, savings and club accounts is equal to the amount payable on
demand at the reporting date. The fair value of certificates of deposit is
estimated using 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 deposit liabilities compared to the cost
of borrowing funds in the market.
Borrowings
The
fair
values of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and other
borrowed money are estimated using the rates currently available to the Bank
for
debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.
Commitments
The
fair
market value of unearned fees associated with financial instruments with
off-balance sheet risk at March 31, 2007 approximates the fees
received. The fair value is not considered material.
The
carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Bank’s financial instruments
at March 31 are as follows (in thousands):
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||||
Carrying
|
Estimated
|
Carrying
|
Estimated
|
|||||||||||||
Amount
|
Fair
Value
|
Amount
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||||||||||
Financial
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ |
17,350
|
$ |
17,350
|
$ |
22,904
|
$ |
22,904
|
||||||||
Investment
securities available-for-sale
|
26,804
|
26,804
|
12,078
|
12,078
|
||||||||||||
Mortgage
backed securities available-for-sale
|
21,176
|
21,176
|
69,804
|
69,804
|
||||||||||||
Mortgage
backed securities held-to-maturity
|
19,137
|
19,005
|
26,404
|
25,880
|
||||||||||||
Total
loans receivable, net
|
580,551
|
580,854
|
493,432
|
488,258
|
||||||||||||
Loans
held-for-sale
|
23,226
|
23,226
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Accrued
interest receivable
|
4,335
|
4,335
|
2,970
|
2,970
|
||||||||||||
Mortgage
servicing rights
|
388
|
467
|
339
|
325
|
||||||||||||
Financial
Liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Deposits
|
$ |
615,122
|
$ |
614,199
|
$ |
504,638
|
$ |
506,886
|
||||||||
Advances
from FHLB of New York
|
47,775
|
47,307
|
80,935
|
79,848
|
||||||||||||
Other
borrowed money
|
13,318
|
13,318
|
13,260
|
13,260
|
Limitations
The
fair
value estimates are made at a discrete point in time based on relevant market
information about the financial instruments. These estimates do not reflect
any
premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the
entire holdings of a particular financial instrument. Because no quoted market
value exists for a significant portion of the Bank’s financial instruments, fair
value estimates are based on judgments regarding future expected loss
experience, current economic conditions, risk characteristics of various
financial instruments, and other factors. These estimates are subjective in
nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and,
therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could
significantly affect the estimates.
In
addition, the fair value estimates are based on existing off balance sheet
financial instruments without attempting to value anticipated future business
and the value of assets and liabilities that are not considered financial
instruments. Other significant assets and liabilities that are not considered
financial assets and liabilities include premises and equipment. In addition,
the tax ramifications related to the realization of unrealized gains and losses
can have a significant effect on fair value estimates and have not been
considered in any of the estimates.
Finally,
reasonable comparability between financial institutions may not be likely due
to
the wide range of permitted valuation techniques and numerous estimates which
must be made given the absence of active secondary markets for many of the
financial instruments. This lack of uniform valuation methodologies introduces
a
greater degree of subjectivity to these estimated fair values.
NOTE
14. ACQUISITION OF COMMUNITY CAPITAL BANK
On
September 29, 2006, the Bank completed its acquisition of Community Capital
Bank
(“CCB”), a Brooklyn-based New York State chartered commercial bank with
approximately $165.4 million in assets and two branches in a cash transaction
totaling approximately $11.9 million. Under the terms of the merger
agreement, CCB’s shareholders were paid $40.00 per outstanding share (including
options which immediately vested with the consummation on the merger) totaling
$11.1 million and the Bank incurred an additional $879,000 in transaction costs
related to this acquisition. The combined entity operates under Carver Federal’s
thrift charter and Carver Federal will continue to be supervised by the Office
of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”).
The
transaction, which was accounted for under the purchase accounting method,
included the recognition of approximately $760,000 of core deposit intangibles
and $5.1 million representing the excess of the purchase price over the fair
value of identifiable net assets (“goodwill”). At the time of
acquisition (September 29, 2006), the fair value of CCB’s assets and liabilities
were as follows (in thousands):
Fair
Value
|
||||
Assets
|
||||
Cash
and due from banks
|
$ |
9,496
|
||
Securities
|
50,707
|
|||
Loans
receivable, net
|
98,805
|
|||
Other
assets
|
6,412
|
|||
Total
assets
|
165,420
|
|||
Liabilities
|
||||
Deposits
|
144,142
|
|||
Borrowings
|
12,500
|
|||
Other
liabilities
|
2,683
|
|||
Total
liabilities
|
159,325
|
|||
Tangible
assets acquired and liabilities assumed
|
6,095
|
|||
Excess
of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net
assets
|
5,066
|
|||
Core
deposit intangible
|
760
|
|||
Total
purchase price
|
$ |
11,921
|
The
following information presents the unaudited pro forma results of operations
for
the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, as though the acquisition had occurred
on April 1, 2005. The pro forma data was derived by combining the
historical consolidated financial information of the Carver Federal and CCB
using the purchase method of accounting for business combinations (the income
tax effects on the pre-tax earnings of CCB have been provided using a combined
statutory tax rate of 38.8%). The pro forma results do not necessarily indicate
results that would have been obtained had the acquisition actually occurred
on
April 1, 2005 or the results that may be achieved in the future (in
thousands):
Carver
Twelve Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
CCB
Six Months Ended June 30, 2006
|
Combined
Carver & CCB Twelve Months Ended March 31,
2007
|
Pro
Forma Adjust- ments
|
Pro
Forma Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
interest income
|
$ |
41,740
|
$ |
4,934
|
$ |
46,674
|
$ | (46 | ) | (1) | $ |
46,628
|
||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
19,234
|
2,590
|
21,824
|
-
|
21,824
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
interest income before provision for loan losses
|
22,506
|
2,344
|
24,850
|
(46 | ) |
24,804
|
||||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
276
|
210
|
486
|
-
|
486
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
|
22,230
|
2,134
|
24,364
|
(46 | ) |
24,318
|
||||||||||||||
Total
non-interest income
|
2,869
|
780
|
3,649
|
-
|
3,649
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
non-interest expense
|
23,339
|
2,688
|
26,027
|
76
|
(2) |
26,103
|
||||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
1,760
|
226
|
1,986
|
(122 | ) |
1,864
|
||||||||||||||
Income
tax (benefit) expense
|
(823 | ) |
87
|
(736 | ) | (75 | ) | (811 | ) | |||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
139
|
$ |
2,722
|
$ | (47 | ) | $ |
2,675
|
|||||||||
Earnings
per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ |
1.03
|
$ |
0.06
|
$ |
1.08
|
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ |
1.07
|
|||||||||
Diluted
|
$ |
1.00
|
$ |
0.05
|
$ |
1.05
|
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ |
1.03
|
(1)
Represents the reduction of interest income related to
the
net cash paid for CCB's acquisition resulting from the transaction as if it
had
been completed at the beginning of the pro forma condensed financial income
statement period.
(2)
Represents the acquired intangible assets amortization
resulting from the transaction as if it had been completed at the beginning
of
the pro forma condensed financial income statement period.
For
the
period July 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006, based on unaudited financial
results, CCB’s summary financial results were as follows (in thousands): Net
Interest Income of $1,097, Loan Loss Provision of $15, Non-Interest Income
of
$854, Non-Interest Expense of $1,994, Income Tax Benefit of $21, and Net
Loss of
$37.
Carver
Twelve
Months
Ended
March
31, 2006
|
CCB
Twelve
Months
Ended
Dec
31, 2005
|
Combined
Carver
&
CCB Twelve
Months
Ended
March
31, 2006
|
Pro
Forma Adjustments
|
Pro
Forma Combined
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
interest income
|
$ |
32,385
|
$ |
9,057
|
$ |
41,442
|
$ | (92 | ) | (1) | $ |
41,350
|
||||||||
Total
interest expense
|
13,493
|
3,662
|
17,155
|
-
|
17,155
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
interest income before provision for loan losses
|
18,892
|
5,395
|
24,287
|
(92 | ) |
24,195
|
||||||||||||||
Provision
for loan losses
|
-
|
1,087
|
1,087
|
-
|
1,087
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
interest income after provision for loan losses
|
18,892
|
4,308
|
23,200
|
(92 | ) |
23,108
|
||||||||||||||
Total
non-interest income
|
5,341
|
1,726
|
7,067
|
-
|
7,067
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
non-interest expense
|
19,134
|
5,779
|
24,913
|
76
|
(2) |
24,989
|
||||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
5,099
|
255
|
5,354
|
(168 | ) |
5,186
|
||||||||||||||
Income
tax (benefit) expense
|
1,329
|
51
|
1,380
|
(103 | ) |
1,277
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
204
|
$ |
3,974
|
$ | (65 | ) | $ |
3,909
|
|||||||||
Earnings
per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ |
1.50
|
$ |
0.08
|
$ |
1.58
|
$ | (0.03 | ) | $ |
1.56
|
|||||||||
Diluted
|
$ |
1.45
|
$ |
0.08
|
$ |
1.54
|
$ | (0.03 | ) | $ |
1.51
|
(1)
Represents the reduction of interest income related to
the
net cash paid for CCB's acquisition resulting from the transaction as if it
had
been completed at the beginning of the pro forma condensed financial income
statement period.
(2)
Represents the acquired intangible assets amortization
resulting from the transaction as if it had been completed at the beginning
of
the pro forma condensed financial income statement period.
NOTE
15. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
The
following is a summary of unaudited quarterly financial data for fiscal years
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 (dollars in thousands except per share
data):
NOTE
16. CARVER BANCORP, INC. - PARENT COMPANY ONLY
CONDENSED
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (in thousands):
As
of March 31,
|
||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
on deposit with the Bank
|
$ |
399
|
$ |
59
|
||||
Investment
in subsidiaries
|
64,996
|
62,219
|
||||||
Other
assets
|
16
|
3
|
||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ |
65,411
|
$ |
62,281
|
||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
||||||||
Borrowings
|
$ |
13,318
|
$ |
13,260
|
||||
Accounts
payable to subsidiaries
|
291
|
66
|
||||||
Other
liabilities
|
175
|
258
|
||||||
Total
liabilities
|
$ |
13,784
|
$ |
13,584
|
||||
Stockholders’
equity
|
51,627
|
48,697
|
||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
|
$ |
65,411
|
$ |
62,281
|
CONDENSED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME (in thousands):
Year
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Income
|
||||||||||||
Equity
in net income from Subsidiaries
|
$ |
3,551
|
$ |
6,758
|
$ |
7,119
|
||||||
Interest
income from deposit with the Bank
|
-
|
5
|
7
|
|||||||||
Other
income
|
34
|
22
|
23
|
|||||||||
Total
income
|
3,585
|
6,785
|
7,149
|
|||||||||
Expenses
|
||||||||||||
Interest
Expense on Borrowings
|
1,196
|
985
|
721
|
|||||||||
Salaries
and employee benefits
|
180
|
287
|
225
|
|||||||||
Legal
expense
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Shareholder
expense
|
439
|
407
|
488
|
|||||||||
Other
|
10
|
7
|
1,548
|
|||||||||
Total
expense
|
1,825
|
1,686
|
2,982
|
|||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
1,760
|
5,099
|
4,167
|
|||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
(823 | ) |
1,329
|
1,518
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,649
|
CONDENSED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands):
|
||||||||||||
Year
Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$ |
2,583
|
$ |
3,770
|
$ |
2,649
|
||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Equity
in net income of Subsidiaries
|
(3,551 | ) | (6,758 | ) | (7,119 | ) | ||||||
Income
taxes from the Bank
|
(823 | ) |
1,329
|
1,518
|
||||||||
(Decrease)
increase in accounts payable to Bank
|
225
|
(443 | ) |
645
|
||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in other liabilities
|
(83 | ) |
40
|
(14 | ) | |||||||
Other, net
|
-
|
299
|
2,534
|
|||||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities
|
(1,649 | ) | (1,763 | ) |
213
|
|||||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
||||||||||||
Dividends
Received from Bank
|
-
|
850
|
4,866
|
|||||||||
Additional
Investment in Bank & other subsidiaries
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of investment securities
|
-
|
1,575
|
-
|
|||||||||
Purchase
of investment securities
|
-
|
-
|
(3,074 | ) | ||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
-
|
2,425
|
1,792
|
|||||||||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
||||||||||||
Issuance
of Sub Debt
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Purchase
of treasury stock, net
|
-
|
(115 | ) | (1,021 | ) | |||||||
Dividends
paid
|
-
|
(777 | ) | (788 | ) | |||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
-
|
(892 | ) | (1,809 | ) | |||||||
Net
(decrease) increase in cash
|
(1,649 | ) | (230 | ) |
196
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents – beginning
|
-
|
289
|
93
|
|||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents – ending
|
$ | (1,649 | ) | $ |
59
|
$ |
289
|
NOTE
17. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Accounting
for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments
In
February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments”. This statement
amends FASB Statements No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities”, and No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of
Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities”. This statement resolves
issues addressed in “Statement 133 Implementation Issue No. D1, Application of
Statement 133 to Beneficial Interest in Securitized Financial Assets”. This
Statement is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after
the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September 15,
2006. Carver is evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 155 but does not expect
that
the guidance will have a material effect on its financial position or results
of
operations.
Accounting
for Servicing of Financial Assets
In
March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No.
156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets”, an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 140. This statement addresses the recognition and measurement
of
separately recognized servicing rights. The statement clarifies when a
servicing right should be separately recognized, requires servicing rights
to be
initially measured at fair value, and allows an entity to choose to subsequently
measure its servicing rights at fair value. The Statement is effective as
of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after September
15, 2006. Carver is reviewing for any potential impact the guidance may
have on its financial position or results of operations.
Fair
Value Measurements
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS
No. 157”). The Statement establishes a single definition of fair
value, sets up a framework for measuring it, and requires additional disclosures
about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities. SFAS
No. 157 also emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement by
establishing a three level “fair value hierarchy” that ranks the quality and
reliability of inputs used in valuation models, i.e., the lower the level,
the
more reliable the input. The hierarchy provides the basis for the
Statement’s new disclosure requirements which are dependent upon the frequency
of an item’s measurement (recurring versus nonrecurring). SFAS No.
157 is effective for fair-value measures already required or permitted by other
standards for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Its
provisions will generally be applied prospectively. The adoption of
SFAS No. 157 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
The
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities— including an amendment of FASB
Statements No. 115 (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits
entities to choose to measure financial instruments and certain other items
at
fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair
value. This Statement is effective as of the beginning of an
entity’s first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. Carver
is currently assessing the impact of this pronouncement.
Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
In
June
2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes, an interpretation of SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income
Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in
income taxes in financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold
and
measurement attribute for financial statement recognition and measurement of
a
tax position taken or expected to be taken. It also provides guidance on
de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Carver is evaluating
the requirements of FIN 48 but does not believe that it will have a
material effect on its financial condition or results of
operations.
Accounting
for Purchases of Life Insurance
In
September 2006, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") of the FASB issued
EITF
No. 06-5, Accounting for Purchases of Life Insurance – Determining the
Amount That Could Be Realized in Accordance with FASB Technical
Bulletin No. 85-4 ("FTB No. 85-4”), Accounting for Purchases
of Life Insurance (“EITF No. 06-5”). EITF No. 06-5 explains how
to determine “the amount that could be realized” from a life insurance contract,
which is the measurement amount for the asset in accordance with FTB No.
85-4. EITF No. 06-5 would require all amounts that would ultimately
be realized by a policyholder upon the assumed surrender of a final
policy to be included in the amount that could be realized under the
insurance contract. Thus, contractual provisions that limit the
amount that could be realized in specified circumstances would be considered
if
it is probable that those circumstances would occur. The consensus on
EITF No. 06-5 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006
and would be recognized through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained
earnings as of the beginning of the year of adoption. The Company is
evaluating the impact EITF No. 06-5 might have on the Company’s financial
position or its results of operations.
Prior
Year Misstatements
In
September 2006, the SEC Staff issued
Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior
Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial
Statements, which addresses how the effects of prior year uncorrected
misstatements should be considered when quantifying misstatements in current
year financial statements. SAB No. 108 will require registrants to quantify
misstatements using both the balance sheet and income-statement approaches
and
to evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying an error that is
material in light of relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. When the
effect of initial adoption is determined to be material, SAB No. 108 allows
registrants to record that effect as a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning
retained earnings. The requirements are effective for the Company beginning
April 1, 2007. Carver has evaluated the requirements of SAB No. 108
and determined that it will not have a material effect on its financial
condition or results of operations.
ITEM
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
None.
ITEM
9A. DISCOSURE CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES.
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
The
Company maintains controls and procedures designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time
periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”). As of March 31, 2007, the Company's
management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange
Act), as of the end of the period covered by this annual report. During the
period covered by this annual report, the Company identified a material weakness
in its internal control over financial reporting, which is a significant portion
of its disclosure controls and procedures, which affected the Company's cash
flow statement as of June 30, 2006. As a result of carrying out the remediation
efforts described below, however, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this annual
report.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over
financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by
the
Company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of
the
SEC that permit the Company to provide only management's report in this annual
report.
Material
Weakness in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A
material weakness is a significant deficiency, or combination of significant
deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material
misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented
or detected. A significant deficiency is a control deficiency, or combination
of
control deficiencies, that adversely affects the Company's ability to initiate,
authorize, record, process, or report external financial information reliably
in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles such that there is
more
than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the Company's annual or interim
financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented
or
detected.
During
the period covered by this annual report, the Company identified a material
weakness, in internal control over financial reporting, that existed as of
June
30, 2006. Specifically, the Company’s controls intended to ensure the proper
classification of cash flows related to certain mortgage loans that the Company
had originated with the intent to sell and related to certain sales of loans
that it originally intended for its portfolio were not effective as of June
30,
2006. As a result of this material weakness, the Company restated its
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 and
the Company amended its 2006 Form 10-K to restate its Consolidated Statements
of
Cash Flows for Fiscal Years 2006, 2005 and 2004.
The
restatements solely affected the classification of these activities and
subtotals of cash flows from operating and investing activities presented in
the
affected Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and had no impact on the net
increase in total cash and cash equivalents as set forth in the Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows for any of the previously reported periods. The
restatements did not affect the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Financial
Condition, Consolidated Statement of Operations and Consolidated Statement
of
Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the affected periods. Accordingly, the
Company’s historical revenues, net income, earnings per share, total assets and
regulatory capital remained unchanged.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Since
the
Company identified the material weakness of internal control over financial
reporting described above, it engaged in the following remediation
efforts. The Company completed an analysis of the components of the
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows which resulted in the above described
restatements, and, as a result, it redesigned and strengthened the control
processes surrounding the preparation of the Consolidated Statements of Cash
Flows.
ITEM
9B. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
PART
III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
Information
concerning Executive Officers of the Company which responds to this Item
is
incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Executive Officers and Key
Managers of Carver and Carver Federal” in the Holding Company’s definitive proxy
statement to be filed in connection with the 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
(the “Proxy Statement”). The information that responds to this Item
with respect to Directors is incorporated by reference from the section entitled
“Election of Directors” in the Proxy Statement. Information with
respect to compliance by the Company’s Directors and Executive Officers with
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference from the
subsection entitled “Section 16 (a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance”
in the Proxy Statement.
Audit
Committee Financial Expert
Information
regarding the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, including
information regarding audit committee financial experts serving on the audit
committee, is presented under the heading “Corporate Governance” in the
Company’s Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The
information required in response to
this Item is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Compensation
of Directors and Executive Officers” in the Proxy Statement.
ITEM
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
The
information required in response to
this Item is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in the Proxy
Statement.
ITEM
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
The
information required in response to
this Item is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Transactions
with Certain Related Persons” in the Proxy Statement.
ITEM
14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND
SERVICES.
The
information required in response to this Item is incorporated by reference
from
the section entitled “Auditor Fee Information” in the Proxy
Statement.
PART
IV
ITEM
15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT
SCHEDULES.
I.
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List
of Documents Filed as Part of this Annual Report on Form
10-K
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A.
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The
following consolidated financial statements are included in Item
8 of this
annual report:
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1.
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
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2.
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Consolidated
Statement of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2007 and
2006
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3.
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Consolidated
Statements of Income for the years ended as of March 31, 2007, 2006
and
2005
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4.
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Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for
the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005
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5.
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended March 31, 2007, 2006
and
2005
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6.
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
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B.
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Financial
Statement Schedules. All financial statement schedules have been
omitted,
as the required information is either inapplicable or included under
Item
8, “Financial Statement and Supplementary
Data”.
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II.
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Exhibits
required by Item 601 of Regulation
S-K:
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A.
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See
Index of Exhibits on page E-1.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CARVER
BANCORP, INC.
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June
29, 2007
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By
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/s/
Deborah C. Wright
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Deborah
C. Wright
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this
report has been signed below on June 29, 2007 by the following persons on behalf
of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated.
/s/
Deborah C. Wright
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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Deborah
C. Wright
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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/s/
Roy Swan
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Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Roy
Swan
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(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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/s/
Carol Baldwin Moody
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Director
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Carol
Baldwin Moody
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/s/
David L. Hinds
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Director
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David
L. Hinds
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/s/
Robert Holland, Jr.
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Lead
Director
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Robert
Holland, Jr.
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/s/
Pazel Jackson
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Director
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Pazel
G. Jackson, Jr.
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/s/
Edward B. Ruggiero
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Director
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Edward
B. Ruggiero
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/s/
Robert R. Tarter
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Director
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Robert
R. Tarter
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/s/
Strauss Zelnick
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Director
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Strauss
Zelnick
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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2.2
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated as of April 5, 2006 by and between CarverBancorp,
Inc., Carver Federal Savings Bank and Community Capital
Bank(2.2)
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3.1
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Certificate
of Incorporation of Carver Bancorp, Inc. (1)
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3.2
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Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Carver Bancorp, Inc. (12)
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4.1
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Stock
Certificate of Carver Bancorp, Inc. (1)
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4.2
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Federal
Stock Charter of Carver Federal Savings Bank (1)
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4.3
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Bylaws
of Carver Federal Savings Bank (1)
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4.4
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Amendments
to Bylaws of Carver Federal Savings Bank (2)
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4.5
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Certificate
of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock (4)
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4.6
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Certificate
of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock (4)
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10.1
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Carver
Bancorp, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan, effective as of September 12,
1995
(1)
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10.2
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Carver
Federal Savings Bank Retirement Income Plan, as amended and restated
effective as of January 1, 1997 and as further amended through January
1,
2001 (9)
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10.3
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Carver
Federal Savings Bank 401(k) Savings Plan in RSI Retirement Trust,
as
amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1997 and including
provisions effective through January 1, 2002 (9)
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10.4
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Carver
Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, effective as of January
1,
1994, incorporating Amendment No. 1, incorporating Second Amendment,
incorporating Amendment No. 2, incorporating Amendment No. 2A,
incorporating Amendment No. 3 and incorporating Amendment No. 4
(9)
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10.5
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Carver
Federal Savings Bank Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of
August
10, 1993 (1)
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10.6
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Carver
Federal Savings Bank Retirement Plan for Nonemployee Directors, effective
as of October 24, 1994 (1)
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10.7
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Carver
Bancorp, Inc. Management Recognition Plan, effective as of September
12,
1995 (1)
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10.8
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Carver
Bancorp, Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan, effective as of September
12,
1995 (1)
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10.9
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Employment
Agreement by and between Carver Federal Savings Bank and Deborah
C.
Wright, entered into as of June 1, 1999 (3)
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10.10 |
Employment
Agreement by and between Carver Bancorp, Inc. and Deborah C. Wright,
entered into as of June 1, 1999 (3)
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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10.11
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Securities
Purchase Agreement by and among Carver Bancorp, Inc., Morgan Stanley
&
Co. Incorporated and Provender Opportunities Fund L.P.
(5)
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10.12
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Registration
Rights Agreement by and among Carver Bancorp, Inc., Morgan Stanley
&
Co. Incorporated and Provender Opportunities Fund L.P.
(5)
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10.13
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Settlement
Agreement and Mutual Release by and among BBC Capital Market, Inc.,
The
Boston Bank of Commerce, Kevin Cohee and Teri Williams; Carver Bancorp,
Inc., Deborah C. Wright, David N. Dinkins, Linda H. Dunham, Robert
J.
Franz, Pazel G. Jackson, Jr., Herman Johnson and David R. Jones;
Morgan
Stanley & Co., Incorporated; and Provender Opportunities Fund, L.P.
and Frederick O. Terrell (5)
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10.14
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Amendment
to the Carver Bancorp, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan (6)
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10.15
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Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement by and between Carver Federal Savings
Bank and Deborah C. Wright, entered into as of June 1, 1999
(7)
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10.16
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Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement by and between Carver Bancorp,
Inc. and
Deborah C. Wright, entered into as of June 1, 1999 (7)
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10.17
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Form
of Letter Employment Agreement between Executive Officers and Carver
Bancorp, Inc. (7)
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10.18
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Employment
Agreement by and between Carver Federal Savings Bank and Catherine
A.
Papayiannis, entered into as of April 22, 2002 (7)
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10.19
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Carver
Bancorp, Inc. Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(9)
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10.20
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Amendment
Number One to Carver Federal Savings Bank Retirement Income Plan,
as
amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1997 and as further
amended through January 1, 2001 (9)
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10.21
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First
Amendment to the Restatement of the Carver Federal Savings Bank 401(k)
Savings Plan (9)
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10.22
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Second
Amendment to the Restatement of the Carver Federal Savings Bank 401(k)
Savings Plan for EGTRRA (9)
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10.23
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Guarantee
Agreement by and between Carver Bancorp, Inc. and U.S. Bank National
Association, dated as of September 17, 2003 (8)
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10.24
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Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust by and among, U.S. Bank National
Association, as Institutional Trustee, Carver Bancorp, Inc., as Sponsor,
and Linda Dunn, William Gray and Deborah Wright, as Administrators,
dated
as of September 17, 2003 (8)
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10.25
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Indenture,
dated as of September 17, 2003, between Carver Bancorp, Inc., as
Issuer,
and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (8)
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10.26
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Second
Amendment to the Carver Bancorp, Inc. Management Recognition Plan,
effective as of September 23, 2003 (11)
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10.27
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Amended
Share Voting Stipulation and Undertaking made by Carver Bancorp,
Inc. in
favor of the OTS, made as of April 22, 2004 (11)
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10.28
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Trust
Agreement between Carver Bancorp, Inc. and American Stock & Transfer
Trust Company, dated May 3, 2004 (11)
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10.29
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First
Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between Carver Federal Savings
Bank and Catherine A. Papayiannis, entered into as of May 27, 2004
(11)
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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10.30
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First
Amendment to the Carver Bancorp, Inc. Retirement Income Plan, effective
as
of March 28, 2005 (12)
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10.31
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Sixth
Amendment to the Carver Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan,
effective as of March 28, 2005 (12)
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10.32
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Carver
Bancorp, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, effective as of September
12, 2006 (14)
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Performance
Compensation Plan of Carver Bancorp, Inc. effective as of December
14,
2006 ( *)
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14
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Code
of ethics (13)
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21.1
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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant (11)
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Consent
of KPMG LLP (*)
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Certifications
of Chief Executive Officer (*)
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Certifications
of Chief Financial Officer (*)
|
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Written
Statement of Chief Executive Officer furnished pursuant to Section
906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
(*)
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Written
Statement of Chief Financial Officer furnished pursuant to Section
906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
(*)
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(*)
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Filed
herewith.
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(1)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to Registration Statement No. 333-5559 on Form
S-4 of
the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
June 7, 1996.
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(2)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant's Annual Report
on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1998.
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(2.2)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant's Report on
Form
8-K, dated April 6, 2006.
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(3)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant's Annual Report
on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 1999.
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(4)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant's Report on
Form
8-K, dated January 14,2000.
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(5)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant's Annual Report
on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2000.
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(6)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Registrant's Proxy Statement dated January
25,
2001.
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(7)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant's Annual Report
on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2002.
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(8)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report
on Form 10-Q for the three months ended
September 30, 2003.
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(9)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2003.
|
(10)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant’s Report on Form
8-K, dated March 16, 2004.
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(11)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2004.
|
(12)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2005.
|
(13)
|
Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2006.
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(14)
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Incorporated
herein by reference to the Exhibits to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy
Statement on Form 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
July 31, 2006.
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E-4